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==Ecclesiology and polity== | ==Ecclesiology and polity== | ||
[[File:AugsburgConfessionArticle7OftheChurch.jpg|thumb|right|150px|"The one holy Church is to continue forever. The Church is the congregation of saints, in which the Gospel is rightly taught and the Sacraments are rightly administered." - 1954 Agreement]] | |||
The College of Levantine Churches is defined by the shared {{wp|High church|high church}} views on ecclesiology, theology, and, to a lesser extent, liturgy of the constituent members of the College. Accordingly, its governance is {{wp|Episcopal polity|episcopal}} in nature, and this episcopal polity was the defining shared characteristics of the constituent members of the College prior to additional reforms made since the College's foundation. The College, accordingly, adheres to a belief in {{wp|Apostolic succession}}, an unbroken, personal succession from the {{wp|Twelve Apostles}} requiring {{wp|Holy orders|ordination}}, though within the College there are different views as to whether or not ordination is a {{wp|sacrament}}. While this belief is not as prominent or necessarily emphasized within its overall theology as it is in the [[Catholic Church]], it is nonetheless a foundational belief of the College. Since the 1970s reform, the College teaches that the Church of Christ is the "whole Christian people, regardless of denomination, and the successors of the Apostles as assembled in the Congress of Bishops of the College of Levantine Churches." | The College of Levantine Churches is defined by the shared {{wp|High church|high church}} views on ecclesiology, theology, and, to a lesser extent, liturgy of the constituent members of the College. Accordingly, its governance is {{wp|Episcopal polity|episcopal}} in nature, and this episcopal polity was the defining shared characteristics of the constituent members of the College prior to additional reforms made since the College's foundation. The College, accordingly, adheres to a belief in {{wp|Apostolic succession}}, an unbroken, personal succession from the {{wp|Twelve Apostles}} requiring {{wp|Holy orders|ordination}}, though within the College there are different views as to whether or not ordination is a {{wp|sacrament}}. While this belief is not as prominent or necessarily emphasized within its overall theology as it is in the [[Catholic Church]], it is nonetheless a foundational belief of the College. Since the 1970s reform, the College teaches that the Church of Christ is the "whole Christian people, regardless of denomination, and the successors of the Apostles as assembled in the Congress of Bishops of the College of Levantine Churches." | ||
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====Eucharist==== | ====Eucharist==== | ||
====Holy Orders==== | ====Holy Orders==== | ||
[[File:AugsburgConfessionXXIOfTheWorshipoftheSaints.JPG|thumb|left|150px|"Scripture...sets before us Christ alone as mediator, atoning sacrifice, high priest, and intercessor. This precludes the role of any human mediator." - 1954 Agreement]] | |||
Although commonly thought of as a sacrament, the College primarily teaches that it is likely not a sacrament due to its anti-{{wp|Sacerdotalism|sacerdotalist}} understanding of the Christian faithful, teaching that holy orders is a conveyance of a sacred trust to bishops and clerics while arguing that Christ alone is the mediator of the Christian faithful. Despite this, the College teaches that holy orders nonetheless has a "sacramental character" confering the status of {{Wp|Apostolic succession|successor of the Apostles}}. The sacramental character of the act is confirmed, according to Collegiate teaching, by Christ's historical call of the twelve apostles. Minority views within the Collegiate argue for Holy Orders as a true sacrament due to its source in the Gospels and sacramental character, with many proponents of its status as a sacrament originating in the successors of pre-merger Old Catholic circles. | Although commonly thought of as a sacrament, the College primarily teaches that it is likely not a sacrament due to its anti-{{wp|Sacerdotalism|sacerdotalist}} understanding of the Christian faithful, teaching that holy orders is a conveyance of a sacred trust to bishops and clerics while arguing that Christ alone is the mediator of the Christian faithful. Despite this, the College teaches that holy orders nonetheless has a "sacramental character" confering the status of {{Wp|Apostolic succession|successor of the Apostles}}. The sacramental character of the act is confirmed, according to Collegiate teaching, by Christ's historical call of the twelve apostles. Minority views within the Collegiate argue for Holy Orders as a true sacrament due to its source in the Gospels and sacramental character, with many proponents of its status as a sacrament originating in the successors of pre-merger Old Catholic circles. | ||