title: Models of the Church (Image Classics)
author:  Avery Dulles 
description: One of America's leading theologians defines the basic functions of the Church, assesses its mission on Earth, and explores its many different roles in the lives of believers.
zlib_text: The Ashley Reader: 
  Redeeming Reason
  
  The Ashley Reader:
  Benedict Ashley, OP
  Sapientia Press 
  of Ave Maria University
  
  Copyright © 2006 by Sapientia Press of Ave Maria University, Naples, Florida. 
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  Cover Design: Eloise Anagnost
  Printed in the United States of America.
  Library of Congress Control Number: 2006922392 
  ISBN-10: 1-932589-26-0
  ISBN-13: 978-1-932589-26-9
  
  Table of Contents
  Section I: Philosophical Issues
  Chapter 1
  “The Church Has No Philosophy of Its Own” ......................................................  
  3
  Chapter 2
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