THE ECCLESIOLOGICAL QUESTION IN THE RESPONSIO AD LUTHERUM OF SIR THOMAS MORE
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The so called H-extension of the Responsio ad Lutherum which is posterior to the original composition of the work, gives special testimony to the ecclesiological equilibrium established by More between the visible and the invisible. More did not limit himself to affirm without foundation what Luther denied. In the Church, as in Christ, the invisible shines in the visible, the Spirit manifest Himself in the unity of Christians, and evangelical freedom is reflected in the hierarchical institution.
More demonstrates that the idea of an invisible Church is a notion without meaning, very similar to a platonic idea. The testimony of Thomas More concerning the nature of the Church should be considered as being part of the same current which reaches from the Pauline epistles up to St. Augustine and to the medieval contributions of Alexander of Hales, St. Bonaventure and St. Thomas Aquinas.
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