"Visible and Invisible: George Tyrrell and Christ's Bodies"

Loughlin, Gerard

Abstract

Starting with the laying to rest of George Tyrrell’s body in an Anglican grave, outside the bounds of the Catholic Church, this article considers how Tyrrell could yet understood himself to be within the Church, within the body of Christ. Tyrrell developed a distinction between the visible and invisible Church in such a way that a person like himself could be included within the latter. In this, Tyrrell’s theology anticipated later ideas of the anonymous Christian and the Church as sacrament, his thinking incorporated within the body of more orthodox, conciliar theology.

Citation

Loughlin, G. (2018). "Visible and Invisible: George Tyrrell and Christ's Bodies". New Blackfriars, 99(1084), 729-739. https://doi.org/10.1111/nbfr.12402

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Jul 11, 2018
• Online Publication Date: Jul 27, 2018
• Publication Date: Nov 1, 2018
• Deposit Date: Jul 17, 2018
• Publicly Available Date: Jul 27, 2020
• Journal: New Blackfriars
• Print ISSN: 0028-4289
• Electronic ISSN: 1741-2005
• Publisher: Wiley
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 99
• Issue: 1084
• Pages: 729-739
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/nbfr.12402
• Keywords: George Tyrrell, invisible Church, anonymous Christian, Church as sacrament, Body of Christ.
• Public URL: https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1325865