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Cover -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- Part I: THE CHURCH IN THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY -- 1. LUTHER'S ECCLESIOLOGY -- Europe and the Western Church at the Beginning of the Sixteenth Century -- Historical Development of Luther's Ecclesiology -- An Analytical Account of Luther's Ecclesiology -- Reflections on Luther's Ecclesiology -- Principles for a Historical Ecclesiology -- 2. CALVIN'S ECCLESIOLOGY -- The Development of Calvin's Ecclesiology -- An Analytical Account of Calvin's Ecclesiology -- Reflections on Calvin's Ecclesiology -- Principles for a Historical Ecclesiology -- 3. THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND -- Development of the Church of England -- Richard Hooker's Ecclesiological Synthesis -- Reflections on Hooker's Ecclesiology -- Principles for a Historical Ecclesiology -- 4. ANABAPTIST, BAPTIST, AND ROMAN ECCLESIOLOGY -- Anabaptist Ecclesiology -- Baptist Ecclesiology -- Tridentine Roman Ecclesiology -- Principles for a Historical Ecclesiology -- Part II: THE CHURCH IN THE MODERN PERIOD -- 5. MODERN ECCLESIOLOGY -- The Nineteenth-Century Western Church -- The Ecclesiology of Schleiermacher -- The Early Ecclesiology of Möhler -- Principles for a Historical Ecclesiology -- 6. TWENTIETH-CENTURY ECCLESIOLOGY: THE WORLD COUNCIL OF CHURCHES, VATICAN II, AND LIBERATION ECCLESIOLOGY -- The Ecumenical Movement and the World Council of Churches -- The Ecclesiology of Vatican II -- The Aftermath of Vatican II -- Liberation Ecclesiology and Basic Ecclesial Communities -- Principles for a Historical Ecclesiology -- 7. TWENTIETH-CENTURY ECCLESIOLOGY: ORTHODOX AND PENTECOSTAL ECCLESIOLOGIES AND BEM -- Orthodox Christianity: The Iconic Ecclesiology of John Zizioulas -- Pentecostal Ecclesiology -- Baptism, Eucharist, and Ministry -- Principles for a Historical Ecclesiology -- CONCLUSION: ECCLESIOLOGY IN THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D