O equívoco sobre a igreja: a relação entre o processo de equívoco e o conceito de verdade em Emil Brunner

Abstract

The purpose of this research is to identify how the Swiss theologian Heinrich Emil Brunner reached his conclusion that the Church in its historical process culminated in a misunderstanding. How did the nascent Ekklesia, a community led by the Holy Spirit, become a sacramental institution with the power of jurisdiction? In his analysis of Church history, he asserts that with every step in that direction, the Church has moved away from the truth. He made it clear that the Roman Catholic Church is the end product of this misunderstanding. However, Protestantism was not exempt from this misunderstanding either. According to Brunner, this misunderstanding happened in small stages, not suddenly. This misunderstanding was a misunderstanding of the faith, which began in the first moments of the nascent community with the entry of Greek philosophy; thus modifying the concept of revelation. This culminated in a new understanding of the Lord's Supper as a sacrament. It was this distancing from the truth that motivated the research. If there is a departure from the truth, there is behind this criticism a concept of what is true. The truth for the Swiss theologian is an encounter. Moving away from the Socratic concept that truth is latent in man, Brunner assumes that truth comes to man.