Patterns of Polity : Varieties of Church

In Patterns of Polity, Edward LeRoy Long, Jr. examines the whole spectrum of ways in which Christian believers have organized their institutional life and governed their affairs.

Prologue

vii

Introduction: Exploring Polities to Understand Faith Traditions

1

(12)

Part One GOVERNANCE BY BISHOPS

Monarchical Episcopacy

13

(15)

Managerial Episcopacy

28

(15)

Pastoral and Exemplary Episcopacy

43

(20)

Part Two GOVERNANCE BY ELDERS, APPOINTEES, AND THE SPIRITUALLY MATURE

Representative Eldership

63

(16)

Leadership by Appointment and Seniority

79

(9)

Leadership by Discernment

88

(15)

Part Three GOVERNANCE BY CONGREGATIONS

Connective Congregationalism

103

(15)

Associational Congregationalism

118

(19)

Congregations without Overstructures

137

(14)

Epilogue: Polities as Languages for Dialogue

151

(8)

Index

159

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Patterns of Polity : Varieties of Church Governance

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