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008			070430s2008 nyu 001 0 eng
010			_a 2007017711
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040			_aDLC _cDLC _dDLC
050	0	0	_aBV600.3 _b.P67 2008
082	0	0	_a262 _222
100	1		_aPorter, Lawrence B.
245	1	2	_aA guide to the church : _bits origin and nature, its mission and its ministries / _cLawrence B. Porter.
260			_aStaten Island, NY : _bSociety of St. Paul, _cc2008.
300			_axix, 442 p. ; _c21 cm.
504			_aIncludes index.
505	0		_aThe church as a form of community -- The church as sacred assembly -- The origin of the church -- The church and the kingdom of God -- Models of the church -- A biblical image of the church : Jesus, little flock -- More biblical images : people of God and body of Christ -- An image from three North African theologians -- Introduction to the essential attributes or marks of the church -- The unity of the church -- The holiness of the church -- The church's Catholic character -- A church that is Apostolic -- The church is a communion -- Its mission and ministries -- The church's mission : its origin and goals -- The home mission : biblical portraits -- The foreign mission : Paul's inculturation of the Gospel -- The church's mission and other religions -- Relations between church and state -- Introduction to the concept of ministry -- The ordering of Christian ministries -- Promotion to ministry -- Priestly ministry -- Diaconal ministry -- The petrine ministry -- The teaching ministry -- Women and ministry -- The ministry of the vowed or consecrated life.
650		0	_aChurch.
856	4	1	_3Table of contents only _uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0717/2007017711.html
906			_a7 _bcbc _corignew _d1 _eecip _f20 _gy-gencatlg
942			_2lcc _cBOOK _hBV 600.3 _i.P67 2008
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