Ecclesiology and Theosis in the Gospel of John

For the author of the fourth Gospel, there is neither a Christless church nor a churchless Christ. Though John''s Gospel has been widely understood as ambivalent toward the idea of ''church'', Andrew Byers argues that ecclesiology is as central a Johannine concern as Christology. Rather than focusing on the community behind the text, John''s Gospel directs attention to the vision of community pres...