The Society for the Advancement of Ecclesiological Theology

December 18, 2009 by Gerald Hiestand

Thielicke on the (Ecclesial) Theologian

“Insofar as we are determined to be true theologians, we think within the community of God’s people, and for that community, and in the name of that community; – how shall I say? – we think as a part of the community itself.”

and again,

“I should like to add to all this that the church has the prior right to question us, even if it does not and cannot understand the details of our work; for we are pursing our theological study in its very midst as sure as we are members of that church. Therefore these questions, even if they lack in detail some of the definite theological concerns that we entertain, may be highly relevant and constitute a fire through which we must always march.”

A Little Exercise for Young Theologians, pp. 4-5 and 25-26.

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