Pentecostal ecclesiology : an essay on the development of doctrine / / Simon Chan.

• Superior document: Journal of Pentecostal Theology Supplement Series ; 38
• VerfasserIn: Chan, Simon,
• Place / Publishing House: Blandford Forum, Dorset, England : : Deo Publishing,, 2011.; ©2011.
• Year of Publication: 2011
• Language: English
• Series: Journal of Pentecostal theology. Supplement series ; 38.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (144 pages).

This book argues that if the Pentecostal movement is to overcome its excessive individualism and structural instability the way forward is not more institutionalization but a coherent and robust ecclesiology based on the Pentecost event, which is the coming of the Holy Spirit in his own person into the church. A Pentecostal ecclesiology is essentially the working-out of the ramifications of that key event. The book takes a more ontological understanding of the relationship between the Spirit and the church than would Protestant and evangelical ecclesiologies. In this respect, it has more in common with Orthodoxy. It is further argued that this realignment away from Protestantism and evangelicalism towards Orthodoxy, far from removing Pentecostals from their roots, actually brings them much closer to the heart of Pentecostal spirituality.

Table of Contents

Introduction -- 1. Spirit, creation, and church: the context of Pentecostal ecclesiology : Creation-centered pneumatologies; An ecclesia-centered pneumatology ; Conclusion -- 2. The Spirit and the church: two perspectives : Barth's ecclesiology ; Evangelical ecclesiology ; Catholic and Orthodox ecclesiologies ; Ecclesial practices as the work of the Spirit ; Conclusion -- 3. Spirit, church and the Trinitarian narrative : The church in Trinitarian perspective: an overview ; The first sending ; The second sending ; The Johannine Pentecost ; Pentecost and the Spirit's proper work ; The church as the Spirit's personal indwelling ; The church as ontologically united to Christ ; The church as the temple of the Spirit ; The paradoxes of the Spirit ; Truth as historical and charismatic ; The already and not yet ; The Spirit and the liturgy ; Conclusion --

4. The communion of the Holy Spirit : The temple of the Spirit ; Corporate and personal indwelling of the Spirit ; Communion as the Spirit's proprium ; The Spirit as the Third Person ; The holiness of the Spirit ; The newness of the Spirit ; The hiddenness of the Spirit ; Conclusion -- 5. Reshaping Pentecostal spirituality : Pentecostal particularity ; The personhood of the Spirit ; Individualizing the Trinity ; The monarchy of the Father ; Pentecostal "episcopal" impulse ; Pentecostal sacramental universe ; Pentecostal liturgy? ; Conclusion.