Participative Decision Making of the Faithful in the Church

The life of the primitive church, to this day, reflects the authenticity of the Church’s practices and its inner arrangement. As such, this article discusses the possibilities of the inner life and order of ecclesiastical communities in the most ancien times of the Church. It does not, however, ques...

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Main Author: Přibyl, Stanislav 1966- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Wydawn. Uniw. Śląskiego 2021
In: Ecumeny and law
Year: 2021, Volume: 9, Issue: 1, Pages: 25-43
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Co-responsibility / Participation / Decision making / Acts of the Apostles / Didache / Paul Apostle
IxTheo Classification:HC New Testament
SB Catholic Church law
Further subjects:B Punishment
B Church
B Presbyter
B Deacon
B procedure
B Apostle
B Discipline
B Election
B Prophet
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Summary:The life of the primitive church, to this day, reflects the authenticity of the Church’s practices and its inner arrangement. As such, this article discusses the possibilities of the inner life and order of ecclesiastical communities in the most ancien times of the Church. It does not, however, question the significance of the role of the leading figures within the Church, as it corresponds with concrete pleas to the faithful for obedience, as already mentioned within New Testament writings, likewise does so the institution of the monarchical bishop, as propagated by the epistles of Ignatius of Antioch. However, Luke’s Acts of the Apostles do, for example, contain testimonials of the participation of the entire ecclesiastical community on the appointing of Apostle Matthias and the first seven deacons. Didache, the early Christian treatise, does too, on one note, stress the importance of the carriers of the prophetic charism, nonetheless it does offer ecclesiastical communities with certain criteria regarding their participation on the service of said charismatics, and their assessments thereof. The Gospel of Matthew, along with Paul’s first Epistle to the Corinthians, point towards participation of all the members of the ecclesiastical communities on the execution of essential penal measures against convicted Christians.
ISSN:2391-4327
Contains:Enthalten in: Ecumeny and law
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.31261/EaL.2021.09.1.02