01816cam a22002414a 450000100090000000300060000900500170001500800410003201000170007302000180009002000150010804000180012305000230014108200120016410000240017624501060020026000540030630000260036050400200038650510730040665000120147985600830149114828075AUA.120180523214650.0070430s2008    nyu           001 0 eng    a  2007017711  a9780818912559  a0818912553  aDLCcDLCdDLC00aBV600.3b.P67 200800a2622221 aPorter, Lawrence B.12aA guide to the church :bits origin and nature, its mission and its ministries /cLawrence B. Porter.  aStaten Island, NY :bSociety of St. Paul,cc2008.  axix, 442 p. ;c21 cm.  aIncludes index.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. 0aChurch.413Table of contents onlyuhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0717/2007017711.html