<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>From the perspective of a theory of communication the church is a community of reception [of messages] relevant for salvation (conf. Hebr. 1, 1 sq.; 2, 1; 1 Cor. 15, 1-39). It has to consciously undertake the apostolic message as its addressee in the actuality of its own existence. This primarily takes place through the instances of faith testimonies (Scriptures, Tradition, Magisterium, Theology, and Sense of Faith), among which the sensus fidelium is given particular importance: the experience of all Christians must be incorporated in the shared belief so that it can truly be faith of the church. The consequences that entail can be canvassed through examples from cannon law, the theology for the magisterium and, most of all, from ecumenism.</p></abstract>

From the perspective of a theory of communication the church is a community of reception [of messages] relevant for salvation (conf. Hebr. 1, 1 sq.; 2, 1; 1 Cor. 15, 1-39). It has to consciously undertake the apostolic message as its addressee in the actuality of its own existence. This primarily takes place through the instances of faith testimonies (Scriptures, Tradition, Magisterium, Theology, and Sense of Faith), among which the sensus fidelium is given particular importance: the experience of all Christians must be incorporated in the shared belief so that it can truly be faith of the church. The consequences that entail can be canvassed through examples from cannon law, the theology for the magisterium and, most of all, from ecumenism.

The Ecclesiological Relevance of Reception

Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Beinert, Em. Ordinarius für Systematische Theologie, Dogmatik und Dogmengeschichte an der Universität Regensburg.

Review of Ecumenical Studies Sibiu

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From the perspective of a theory of communication the church is a community of reception [of messages] relevant for salvation (conf. Hebr. 1, 1 sq.; 2, 1; 1...

The Ecclesiological Relevance of Reception

Published Online: Sep 18, 2016

Page range: 187 - 205

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/ress-2016-0016

Keywords
Reception, Communications Theory, Church as Communion, loci theologici, Magisterium, sensus fidelium, Ecumenism

© 2016 Wolfgang Beinert, published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

The Ecclesiological Relevance of Reception

Published Online: Sep 18, 2016

Page range: 187 - 205

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/ress-2016-0016

KeywordsReception, Communications Theory, Church as Communion, loci theologici, Magisterium, sensus fidelium, Ecumenism

© 2016 Wolfgang Beinert, published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
Reception, Communications Theory, Church as Communion, loci theologici, Magisterium, sensus fidelium, Ecumenism