It is not the assertion that an all-encompassing ecclesial realm displaces the appropriate vocation of temporal social and political organizations. It is not the claim that the church can or should administer the civil jurisdiction. It is a claim, however, that the proper vocation and telos of these other organizations and institutions can be fully understood and appropriated only from within the understanding of the church. Both the “now” and the “not yet” aspects of this claim are critical for developing our ecclesiocentric social and political theories.
