CONTENTS

PART I.   THE STUDY OF ECCLESIOLOGY.                                                                                                                      PAGE
I. Scope and Importance of the Study	            11
II. Its Place in the Scheme of Christian Doctrine   14
III. Current Problems Indirectly Involved	    22

PART II.    MODERN  NOTIONS  OF THE CHURCH. 
Summary of Various Uses of the Term	            43

PART III.   FORMAL DEFINITIONS.
I. The Imperial  Theory                             51
II. The	Collegiate Theory   	                    65
III. The Sacramental Theory	                    76
IV. The Hereditary Theory                           96
V. The Voluntary Theory                            123

PART IV.   THE "HOLY CATHOLIC CHURCH."
I. The Apostles' Creed as a Basis of Unity	   147
II. Historic Emergence of the Modern   Idea  of a
World-church   	                                   165
III. Appeal to the New  Testament in  Defense of
the Idea   	                                   167

PART V.   THE CHURCH OF THE NEW TESTAMENT.
I. The Word "Ecclesia" in the New Testament        199
II. The Greek "Ecclesia"	                   210
III.  New Testament use of "Ecclesia"   and
"Basileia"   	                                   220

PART VI.   CONTEMPORARY SIGNIFICANCE.
I. Importance of Distinction  Urged	           289
II. Bearing on some Tendencies of the Present
Time  	                                           296
III. Practical Conclusions   	                   310


 
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