The Church and the World

Question 1

Early Church

Answer 1

Kingdom is of this world; Church is anti-worldly.

Question 2

Medieval Catholics

Answer 2

Kingdom is not of this world; Church is Of the World (Two Kingdoms)

Question 3

Reformation Era Protestant

Answer 3

Magisterial: Non Worldly, Of the World. Radicals: Of the World, Anti-Worldly.

Question 4

Reformation Era Catholic

Answer 4

Kingdom not of this world, Anti-Worldly (Post Council of Trent)

Question 5

Modern Era Catholic

Answer 5

Kingdom not of this world, Anti-Worldly

Question 6

Modern Era Protestant

Answer 6

Opinion Varies about both the Kingdom and the Church

Question 7

20th Century Catholic

Answer 7

Kingdom not of this World, Of the World (Post Vatican-II)

Question 8

20th Century Protestant

Answer 8

Opinions vary about both the Kingdom and the Church

Question 9

What does it mean for the Kingdom to be Other-Worldly?

Answer 9

The idea that the Kingdom of God exists outside of the the world we currently live in.

Question 10

What does it mean for the Kingdom to be This-Worldly?

Answer 10

The Kingdom of God will descend upon this world, or that this world can be transformed into God’s Kingdom (and currently is in that process).

Question 11

What does it mean for the Church to be anti-worldly?

Answer 11

That the Church should not concern itself with the politics of the larger world.

Question 12

What does it mean for the Church to be of this World?

Answer 12

That the Church should interact with (and care about) the politics of this world.