TY - BOOK AU - Campbell,Ted AU - Riggs,Ann AU - Simpson,Charles Hikaru AU - Stafford,Gilbert W. ED - National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. TI - Ancient faith and American-born churches: dialogues between Christian traditions SN - 0809143216 (alk. paper) AV - BV 600.3 .A48 2006 U1 - 280.042 22 PY - 2006/// CY - New York PB - Paulist Press KW - Christian union KW - United States KW - Congresses KW - Church N1 - "National Council of the Churches of Christ in the USA."; Includes bibliographical references; Foreword / Thomas F. Best -- Preface / Ann K. Riggs -- Introduction / Gilbert W. Stafford -- Theological language and ecumenical methodology / John T. Ford -- The unitive power of holiness : a dialogue between holiness and Roman Catholic traditions -- Holiness as understood by the Wesleyan/holiness tradition / Gilbert W. Stafford -- Holiness as understood in the Roman Catholic tradition / Kevin McMorrow -- The hermeneutics of reconciliation in worship : a dialogue between holiness and Eastern Orthodox traditions -- The holiness perspective on reconciling love in worship / Gilbert W. Stafford -- The hermeneutics of reconciliation : perspectives from the Orthodox liturgical experience / John H. Erickson -- Apostolicity : a dialogue between the Roman Catholic tradition and the Stone-Campbell restoration tradition -- The nature of the apostolicity of the church : perspectives from Churches of Christ / Douglas A. Foster -- Irenaeus on apostolicity / John T. Ford --^The role of creeds and confessions : a dialogue among Reformed, Methodist, and Quaker traditions -- Confessing the faith in the reformed tradition / Joseph D. Small -- The role of doctrine and confessions in the United Methodist Church / Ted A. Campbell -- The place of creeds and confessions among friends (Quakers) / Ann K. Riggs -- Christian initiation : a dialogue between Baptist and Roman Catholic traditions -- Initiation into the church and the Baptist tradition / Paul E. Robertson -- Initiation into Christ in the western Catholic tradition / Jeffrey Gros -- The teaching authority of the church : a dialogue between the Stone-Campbell restoration and the Lutheran tradition -- The place of an authoritative teaching office in the Christian church (Disciples of Christ) / Michael Kinnamon -- The place of an authoritative teaching office in the Evangelical Lutheran Church of America / Philip Krey --^The authority and function of scripture : a dialogue among Roman Catholic, Lutheran, and Reformed traditions -- The authority and function of scripture in Catholic tradition / Theresa F. Koernke -- The authority and function of scripture in the understanding of the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod / Samuel H. Nafzger -- The authority and function of scripture in the United Church of Christ / Clyde J. Steckel -- Eschatology and mission : a dialogue between Anglican and Adventist traditions -- Eschatology and mission in the Anglican tradition / O.C. Edwards, Jr. -- Seventh-day Adventist perspective on eschatology and mission / Denis Fortin UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0514/2005017181.html ER -