Description: "Over the centuries Christians have recognized the baptism of those outside their own ecclesial body, but the practices of receiving those who are already baptized from other groups proclaim social, theological, and ecclesial distinctions. How do contemporary practices reflect theological principles and historical development? One Baptism-One Church? demonstrates how the social context and organization of local communities leads to prioritizing inner coherence and security over theological principles"--
Brief description: Nathan P. Chase (1990-2025) was assistant professor of liturgical and sacramental theology at Aquinas Institute of Theology in St. Louis, Missouri. He contributed articles to the field of liturgical studies, including pieces on liturgy in the early Church, initiation, the Eucharist, inculturation, and the Western Non-Roman Rites, particularly the Hispano-Mozarabic tradition. With Maxwell E. Johnson, he co-authored The Apostolic Tradition: Its Origins, Development, and Liturgical Practices (Liturgical Press, 2025), and The Origins of the Canons of Hippolytus (Liturgical Press, 2024). He was the author of The Homiliae Toletanae and the Theology of Lent and Easter (Peeters, 2020) and The Anaphoral Tradition in the 'Barcelona Papyrus' (Brepols, 2023).
Review Quotes: "The tension between official recognition of baptism across Catholic, Orthodox, and Protestant communions and local rites of membership reception bedevils the work for Christian unity. Through careful study of the Christian tradition's posture toward heretics, schismatics, and penitents, the authors uncover the historical, liturgical, and theological roots of this tension, and point to a healing path forward. One Baptism--One Church? offers hopeful practices for ecumenical dreamers."
Edgardo A. Colón-Emeric, dean of the Duke University Divinity School
-- (8/6/2024 12:00:00 AM)