the branch of theology concerned with the nature and the constitution and the functions of a church
Ecclesiology usually refers to the theological study of the Christian Church. However, when the word was coined in England in the late 1830s, it was defined as the science of the building and decoration of church buildings and it is still, though rarely, used in this sense.
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Fr . charles is an assistant professor of systematic theology at st . augustine ' s seminary . he is currently teaching the following courses : " ecclesiology " ; " creation , anthropology , and sin " ; " grace and glory " ; and " mariology . 吴神父现任圣奥斯定神学院系统理论神学学系副?授。他?授的科目课程包括有: "教会神学旨义" 、 "创世人类罪行" 、 "天恩神荣"及"圣母论说" 。