2007 Kantzer Lectures, Lecture #6

In his sixth and final lecture, Professor Webster turns to the church. He begins by appraising the recent trend of elevating ecclesiology to a sort of first theology. Ultimately his remarks are critical, especially regarding the movement's ontological re-ordering of Christ and the Church. Webster’s correction involves properly understanding the fundamental dependence of the ecclesial body upon the incarnate and resurrected body of Christ. Finally, Webster concludes his series with a pneumatologically rich sketch of a theology of Word and sacrament for the church today.