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What is the Church? Evaluating Different Models
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February 14, 2025
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People spend a lot of time arguing about which church is the true church, how it should be run, and many other things. However, we spend relatively little time asking a more basic question: what is the church?
In this video, I evaluate five conceptions of the church: Institution, Mystical Communion, Sacrament, Herald, and Servant. In so doing, I ask what the model conveys, what binds the members together, who benefits from it, and what is its goal. I also explore strengths and weaknesses before weighing in at the end regarding my preferred model.
This video is, in large part, a summary of the great work, Models of the Church, by the Catholic theologian Avery Cardinal Dulles.
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