[PDF] Priesthood In The Modern World eBook

Author : Karen Sue Smith
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 138 pages
File Size : 19,4 MB
Release : 1999
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781580510554

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Coming to terms with more than cultural shifts and 'grim statistics, ' this collection of essays looks at the challenge of priestly ministry that is collaborative and communal

Author : Stephen Bevans
Publisher : Liturgical Press
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 15,40 MB
Release : 2018-09-27
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0814684785

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This is the first book in English on priesthood in religious life to be published in twenty years. Its fourteen contributors search for new ways forward in the understanding of the distinct identity and ministry of religious men—committed to community, the prophetic lifestyle of vows or promises, and the particular charisms of their congregations—who have also answered the call to priesthood. Essays in this collection include reflections from a bishop, from the perspective of a lay theologian, from an expert in the social sciences, and on Pope Francis’s teachings on priesthood. Included as well are essays that are rooted in particular cultural traditions, in spirituality, and in canon law.

Author : Bernhard Häring
Publisher : Liguori Publications
Page : 202 pages
File Size : 39,38 MB
Release : 1996
Category : Religion
ISBN :

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A candid, bold, and often hard-hitting commentary on the Roman Catholic priesthood. Bernard Haring makes an impassioned plea for a ministry marked by mutuality with the laity.

Author : Garry Wills
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 17,31 MB
Release : 2014-01-28
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0143124390

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New York Times–bestselling author Garry Wills provides a provocative analysis of the theological and historical basis for the priesthood In a riveting and provocative tour de force from the author of What Jesus Meant, Pulitzer Prize winner Garry Wills poses the challenging question: Why did the priesthood develop in a religion that began without it and, indeed, was opposed to it? Why Priests? argues brilliantly and persuasively for a radical re-envisioning of the role of the church as the Body of Christ and for a new and better understanding of the very basis of Christian belief. As Wills emphasizes, the stakes for the writer and the church are high, for without the priesthood there would be no belief in an apostolic succession, the real presence in the Eucharist, the sacrificial interpretation of the Mass, and the ransom theory of redemption. This superb study of the origins of the priesthood stands as Wills’s towering achievement and will be of interest to all inquiring minds, believers and non-believers alike.

Author : Henry Joseph Voss
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 255 pages
File Size : 43,77 MB
Release : 2016-10-25
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1498283306

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The priesthood of all believers is a pillar undergirding Protestant ecclesiology. Yet the doctrine has often been used to serve diverse agendas. This book examines the doctrine's canonical, catholic, and contextual dimensions. It first identifies the priesthood of all believers as a canonical doctrine based upon the royal priesthood of Christ and closely related to the believer's eschatological temple-service and offering of spiritual sacrifices (chapters 1-3). It secondly describes its catholic development by examining three paradigmatic shifts, shifts especially associated with Christendom (chapters 4-6) and a suppression of the doctrine's missional component. Finally, the book argues that a Christian doctrine of the priesthood of all believers should be developed with a Christocentric-Trinitarian understanding of the missio Dei. This suggests there are especially appropriate ways for the royal priesthood to relate to the Father, to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit. A canonically and catholically informed priesthood of all believers leads contextually to particular ecclesial practices. These seven practices are 1) Baptism as public ordination to the royal priesthood; 2) Prayer; 3) Lectio Divina; 4) Ministry; 5) Church Discipline; 6) Proclamation; and 7) the Lord's Supper as the renewal of the royal priesthood.

Author : Edward J. Hahnenberg
Publisher : AuthorHouse
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 13,38 MB
Release : 2006-01-25
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1468520385

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With the declining numbers of priests in the Catholic Church, the priesthood of the faithful, as defined in Lumen Gentium of Vatican II, is a sign of hope for the future of the church. But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people set apart. 1 Peter 2:9. Growing numbers of ecclesial lay ministers are helping fulfill the needs of the Body of Christ. This book gives innovative suggestions for an expanded role of the laity in the mission of the Church.