We have gathered top books on Ecclesiology for you to read. Ecclesiology, as used in Christian theology, is the study of the Church, its history, its link to Jesus, its function in salvation, its discipline, its polity, its eschatology, and its leadership.
The status of Gentile members in what had become the New Testament fulfillment of the primarily Jewish Old Testament church was one of the Church’s main ecclesiological concerns in its early history.
Later, it struggled with issues like whether it should be run by a council of presbyters or a single bishop, how much power the bishop of Rome had over other powerful bishops, the role of the Church in the world, whether salvation was possible outside of the Church’s institution, the relationship between the Church and the State, and issues related to liturgy and theology, among other things. Ecclesiology can refer to the particular character, whether self-described or not, of a given church or denomination. This is how the term is used in terms like ecumenical ecclesiology, Protestant ecclesiology, and Catholic ecclesiology.
Below are Books on Ecclesiology:
Be Thou Prepared (Equipping the Church for Persecution and Times of Trouble) – Carl Gallups
Exploring Ecclesiology (An Evangelical and Ecumenical Introduction) – Brad Harper & Paul Louis Metzger
I Will Build My Church (A Teaching on Restoration) – Alister Lowe
Jesus Said I Will Build My Church And the GATES of HELL Shall Not Prevail Against It – Rudi Louw
Thy Kingdom Come – J. Dwight Pentecost
