What are the models of the church found in Lumen Gentium and what are the salient passages?
Lumen Gentium, Doyle writes, did not simply present the church as a monolithic institution established by God for the salvation of its members; several models and images of the church were put forward. In his book Models of the Church (2nd Edition, 1988), American Jesuit theologian Avery Dulles, explored five models of the church that found significant support within the Vatican II documents. Each of the models is discussed, reveling a separate nature, and distinct mission. The five models, institutional, mystical communion, sacrament, herald, and servant, formed the basis for Dulles work, originally written in 1974. The Institutional Model is the one view of the church that is most associated with the pre-Vatican church. Although the primary mission is to offer salvation to members, its focus is on the institutional and structural elements of the church. The closest association with Lumen Gentium would be with Chapter 3, The Church is Hierarchical, which sets down the structure of the
