Anglican Ecclesiology and the Gospel
“Ecclesiology” is the study of the very nature of the Church. Though he is an Anglican Bishop, John Fenwick, PhD, demonstrates for us all that ecclesiology isn’t an appendix to the gospel lies at the very heart of communion with God – calling us back to the Apostolic and Biblical roots of faith and practice rather than forward to “modernization.” Ecclesiology is not a matter of choosing sides on “core” issues of the day and applying church life to them but, rather, it is a matter of faithfulness to the apostolic tradition that has been handed to the Church, primarily within the Scriptures, and then living it out in the daily life of the Church. Fenwick is a master at showing us the interconnections while never losing sight of the ultimate authority of Holy Scripture. He strongly engages with the greater story of the Church Catholic: Eastern and Western. His footnotes and bibliography are a goldmine alone. Here is that literary rarity: a most scholarly work that is also a “good read.”
John Fenwick
John Fenwick, BSc, BA, MTh, STh, PhD, DD, is the Bishop Primus of the Free Church of England and Bishop of its Northern Diocese. His ordained ministry has included parish work, lecturing and ecumenical work on the staff of two Archbishops of Canterbury, prior to joining the Free Church of England. He has published a number of works in the fields of Liturgy and Church History.
The Free Church of England is the 'other' Church of England and has been in existence over 150 years. It provides a home for Anglicans and others who desire an episcopal and liturgical Church that preaches the saving Gospel of Jesus Christ as revealed in the Scriptures.
Bishop Fenwick has been married to his wife, Lis for almost four decades. They have three children and three grandchildren.
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