In a context of scandal and decline, the Christian church cannot afford to do business as usual. It must regain its bearings and clarify its nature and purpose. Sacrificing the Church provides this clarity by returning to the churchs foundation: Jesus Christ and him crucified. It presents an ecclesiological vision in which every aspect of the churchs life flows from and expresses the one sacrifice of Christ. This sacrifice is the basis of every ecclesial experience, the form and content of the churchs life, a life which shares in the eternal Trinitarian life of God. By and as Christs sacrifice we are introduced into the divine life. This participation plays out in three key areas, which set the churchs agenda in the contemporary world: its worship of God (Mass), mission to the world (mission), and efforts toward the unity of all people, beginning with divided Christians (ecumenism).
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