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Ausgabe:

Januar/2023

Spalte:

134-136

Kategorie:

Ökumenik, Konfessionskunde

Autor/Hrsg.:

Macchia, Frank D.

Titel/Untertitel:

The Spirit-Baptized Church. A Dogmatic Inquiry.

Verlag:

London u. a.: Bloomsbury T & T Clark 2021. 240 S. = T & T Clark Systematic Pentecostal and Charismatic Theology. Kart. £ 28,99. ISBN 9780567699008.

Rezensent:

John G. Flett

Frank D. Macchia, professor of Christian Theology at Vanguard University of Southern California, is one of the key contemporary Pentecostal systematic theologians. This examination of a Pente-costal ecclesiology, M. regards as the logical end to his previous studies on pneumatology, justification by faith and Christology.

The text develops through four parts. Part one posits baptism in the Holy Spirit as the organising core for ecclesiology for it is the »outgoing and incorporating« work of the triune God that underlies all other church practices. This is developed against a twofold problem. First, M. notes a tendency to understand the church as a »salvation machine,« charged with dispensing things like »health, wealth or social influence.« Second, M. sees a tension ...


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