Kingdom, Office, and Church: A Study of A. A. van Ruler's Doctrine of Ecclesiastical Office (Historical Series of the Reformed Church in America) - Softcover

Janssen, Allan J

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0802840418 ISBN 13: 9780802840417

Publisher: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2006

Synopsis

A. A. van Ruler is one of the Netherlands's most influential twentieth-century theologians. His theology of the Kingdom of God and its relationship to the church, and to the ecclesiastical offices of the church is one of the challenging aspects of van Ruler's work. His insights, together with their implications for the church today, are the subject of Janssen's closely reasoned analysis. A major contribution to the ecumenical discussion on ministry and office. -- A. van de Beek Free University of Amsterdam

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A. A. van Ruler is one of the most influential twentieth-century theologians from the Netherlands. One of the many challenging aspects of his work is his theology of the kingdom of God and its relationship to the church and its ecclesiastical offices. Allan J. Janssen draws on extensive pastoral and ecclesial experience as well as closely reasoned analysis to draw out the implications of van Ruler's theology for the church today.

Edition details

• Publisher: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company
• Publication date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0802840418
• ISBN 13: 9780802840417
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 319