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Ecclesiology

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83 claims in this doctrine
Ecclesiology
The Communion of Saints
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Ecclesiology
The Saints as Intercessors
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Ecclesiology
Basil of Caesarea teaches that monks who live in community are more perfect than hermits
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Ecclesiology
Ambrose introduces antiphonal singing of psalms in Milan — which spread throughout the Western Church
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Ecclesiology
Gregory of Nazianzus insists Christ took a complete human nature — including a human mind — to save the whole person
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Ecclesiology
The Council of Toledo (589) adds the Filioque to the Nicene Creed in the West
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Ecclesiology
Origen teaches that the Church is the bride of Christ and the individual soul is wedded to the Logos
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Ecclesiology
Ambrose teaches that the bishop must defend the poor against the powerful even at personal cost
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Ecclesiology
The Council of Chalcedon affirmed that Christ has two wills — one divine and one human — acting in concert
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Ecclesiology
Augustine teaches that God predestines some to salvation by grace alone, not by foreknown merits
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Patristic Texts Addressing Ecclesiology

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c. AD 96 Intermediate
Clement of Rome
The First Epistle of Clement to the Corinthians
The earliest post-apostolic document asserting Roman pastoral authority — c. AD 96. 12 key chapters with annotations.
54 chapters on Ecclesiology
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c. AD 107 Intermediate
Ignatius of Antioch
Ignatius of Antioch — Letter to the Smyrnaeans
Contains the first use of Catholic Church in Christian literature, the clearest early statement on the Real Presence, and the most concentrated early treatment of episcopal authority — written en route to martyrdom, c. AD 107.
10 chapters on Ecclesiology
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c. AD 350 Intermediate
Cyril of Jerusalem
Cyril of Jerusalem — Mystagogical Catecheses
Five post-baptismal lectures delivered at the Holy Sepulchre c. AD 350 — the most systematic early treatment of the sacraments, including the clearest patristic account of Real Presence and the Epiclesis.
0 chapters on Ecclesiology
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c. AD 50–120 Introductory
Anonymous (Apostolic)
The Didache (Teaching of the Twelve Apostles)
The oldest surviving Christian catechism outside the New Testament — containing the earliest extra-biblical instructions for Baptism, the Eucharist, fasting, and church order. c. AD 50–120.
6 chapters on Ecclesiology
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