Alles Handeln ein Handeln der Kirche

Human coexistence needs a formal frame and ideals to follow. This also applies to the church. It understands Jesus Christ as its archetype and foundation, but also as the model of ecclesiastic life. Christian communal life can succeed only with recourse to the actions of Jesus Christ. Holger Werries demonstrates that already in the writings of Friedrich Schleiermacher the ecclesiological messages of all disciplines are guided by the archetype and ideal of Jesus Christ. Schleiermacher's ecclesiology is the consistent continuation of his Christology. As an implication of his Christology, ecclesiology determines the actions of the church - and particularly where these actions are concerned with the common weal of society as a whole.