Abstract
This article explores how three Lutheran theologians have understood the relationship between the work of the Holy Spirit and the existing church. I argue that Robert Jenson and Reinhard Hütter both relate the Spirit to the church in ways that displace a full recognition of the church as sinful. In contrast, I suggest how Dietrich Bonhoeffer's early and neglected reflections on ecclesiology and pneumatology allow for just such a recognition.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 453-468 |
| Number of pages | 16 |
| Journal | International Journal of Systematic Theology |
| Volume | 15 |
| Issue number | 4 |
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| Publication status | Published - 2013 |