By Edward Loane
This booklet evaluates William Temple’s theology and his pursuit of church harmony. It exposes a couple of paradoxes and conflicts that experience mostly long gone under-appreciated in exams of Temple.
William Temple was once probably the most notable leaders of the early ecumenical stream. in lots of methods his ecumenical efforts supplied a paradigm others have seemed to and undefined. via certain research of fundamental resources, this examine sheds mild on a number of behind-the-scenes conflicts Temple skilled as he labored towards church team spirit. Edward Loane explores the root of Temple’s paintings by means of examining the philosophy and theology that underpinned and fueled it. The publication additionally exposes the tensions among Temple’s denominational allegiance and his ecumenical convictions—a stress that, in many ways, undermined his paintings for reunion. This ebook unearths concerns that modern Christians have to grapple with as they search to extra church team spirit.
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160. 348; “Editorial Notes,” Pilgrim IV, no. 2 (1924). 130; Christ and the Way to Peace (London: SCM, 1935). 18–19. 114 Needs and Claims of the Church of Christ (London: SPCK, 1917). 4–5. 115 “Fellowship,” Pilgrim I, no. 4 (1921). 467. 147–148. 38 E. LOANE In this sense, downplaying or ignoring differences resulted in a false fellowship. 119 Temple argued that St. 123 This theological complementarity was needed for two reasons: the pursuit of truth and the maintenance of liberty. One of the most dominant and consistent reasons Temple gave for church unity was that it was the only avenue to a greater apprehension of truth.
326, 329. 45 Nature. 80. 46 Thought and Practice. 40. 47 Mens. 175. 48 “Theology To-day,” Theology XXXIX, no. 233 (1939). 328–329. 49 The final aspect of Temple’s philosophical system that was to mark his thinking about church unity was his understanding of, and emphasis on, “Personality”. 56 However, Temple did not believe that the human person could be considered in isolation. Indeed, it was within relationships that personality was established. He stated: What has to be said is that I am only I in my relationship with You, and You are only You, or capable of being called an I, in your relationship with Me.
134 Finally, he claimed that it was for the sake of truth that Christians should not separate from the historic body of the church even though conceptions of the truth may be widely divergent. 135 For these reasons, Temple held that complementary diversity was essential in the church. 126 Basic Convictions (London: Hamilton, 1937). 81–82; cf. Christ’s Revelation of God (London: SCM, 1925). 18. 127 “Chairman’s Introduction,” in Doctrine in the Church of England (London: SPCK, 1938). 2; cf. Fellowship with God (London: Macmillan, 1920).