Our Savior Uncomplicated, His Church United

The Community He Intended

David Michael Bouterie

• Publisher: Resource Publications
• Year: 2026
• Print ISBN:
  9798385287109
  9798385287116
• eBook ISBN:
  9798385287123
• Topic: Theology & Religion
• Subtopic: Religion

Our Savior Uncomplicated, His Church United invites readers into a clear, generous, and deeply biblical vision of the Christian faith, one that honors the church's long story while cutting through centuries of confusion, division, and inherited misunderstandings. With pastoral warmth and historical precision, David Michael Bouterie guides believers through the central doctrines that shape Christian identity, showing how Scripture, the early church, and the great teachers of the faith converge on a simple, life?giving center: Jesus Christ, crucified and risen, present with his people, and forming a community marked by love, humility, and unity. Rather than rehearsing old controversies, this book offers a fresh, irenic pathway through them, clarifying where traditions differ, where they agree more than they realize, and how the church can recover the beauty of its shared inheritance. From the meaning of salvation to the nature of the church, from baptism to the Eucharist, each chapter invites readers to see the gospel's coherence and the Spirit's work in drawing believers together. Accessible yet deeply rooted, this book is for Christians who long for clarity without combativeness, conviction without division, and a faith that is both ancient and joyfully alive.

Table of contents

• Title Page
• Statement of Purpose
• Preface
• Introduction
• Author’s Note
• Chapter 1: What Early Christian Worship Was Like
• Chapter 2: The Early Church
• Chapter 3: Judaizers and St. Cyprian of Carthage
• Chapter 4: Of Priests, Sacraments, Institution, Doctrine, and Enforcement
• Chapter 5: The Institutionalized Church
• Chapter 6: The Protestant Claim to Catholicity
• Chapter 7: Paul's Meaning of "Another Gospel"
• Chapter 8: From the Early Church’s Christ-Centered Vision to the Solas
• Chapter 9: The Universal Church
• Chapter 10: Faith, Grace, and Works
• Chapter 11: Mary in Scripture and Mary in History
• Chapter 12: Marian Doctrine and the Logic of Accretion
• Chapter 13: Authority and the Formation of Doctrine
• Chapter 14: On Transubstantiation
• Chapter 15: The Source and Summit Reconsidered
• Chapter 16: The Sovereignty of God and the Centrality of Christ
• Chapter 17: Life’s Journey Is Living in Union with God, and the Destination Is Salvation
• Chapter 18: The Asymmetry Between Protestant and Catholic Claims and the Question of Unity
• Chapter 19: Christ and Him Crucified
• Chapter 20: Walking With Christ
• Chapter 21: Authority, Conscience, and the Preservation of the Apostolic Faith
• Conclusion
• Epilogue
• Postscript
• Appendix I: Key Heresies of the First Four Centuries and Their Relevance to Marian Development
• Appendix II: Glossary
• Author Biography
• Bibliography