Title

JÜRGEN MOLTMANN

The Church in the Power of the Spirit

a contribution to messianic ecclesiology

THE CHURCH IN THE POWER OF THE SPIRIT

A Contribution to Messianic Ecclesiology

First Fortress Press edition, 1993

Translated by Margaret Kohl from the German Kirche in der Kraft des Geistes (Christian Kaiser Verlag, Munich, 1975).

English translation copyright © 1977 by SCM Press Ltd. New preface copyright © 1991 HarperCollins Publishers. All rights reserved. Except for brief quotations in critical articles or reviews, no part of this book may be reproduced in any manner without prior written permission from the publisher. Write to: Permissions, Augsburg Fortress, Box 1209, Minneapolis, MN 55440.

Author photo: Thomas Kucharz

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Moltmann, Jürgen.

[Kirche in der Kraft des Geistes. English]

The church in the power of the Spirit: a contribution to messianic ecclesiology / Jürgen Moltmann.—1st Fortress Press ed.

p. cm.

Translation of: Kirche in der Kraft des Geistes.

Reprint. Originally published: New York: Harper & Row, 1977.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN 0-8006-2821-7 (alk. paper)

1. Church. 2. Holy Spirit. I. Title.

BV600.2.M6413 1993

262—dc20

93-29951

CIP

To the World Council of Churches,

its General Secretary,

the Reverend Philip Potter,

and oppressed Christians throughout the world