Africa, the Case for an Auxiliary Priesthood
Author: Raymond Hickey
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Published: 1980
Total Pages: 143
ISBN-13: 9788101695004
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Author: Raymond Hickey
Publisher:
Published: 1980
Total Pages: 143
ISBN-13: 9788101695004
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Raymond Hickey
Publisher: Burns & Oates
Published: 1980
Total Pages: 156
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Angelo Chidi Unegbu
Publisher: LIT Verlag Münster
Published: 2018-12-31
Total Pages: 380
ISBN-13: 3643910436
DOWNLOAD EBOOKToday, we can no longer hide under the pretence that the grace of God alone suffices to make one a good priest. A close study of the history of priestly formation has shown that not just the training of priests can ensure an authentic priest-product, rather a continuous effort to adapt the training to the current world situation so that priests would be in the position to discharge their duties effectively. Such readiness to adaptability should, of course, not lose sight of the meaning and function of the priest as revealed in the person of Jesus: a service to the world. In the bid to assess the models for the training of priests in South-eastern Nigeria, the author using a historical-critical method traced the history of the models and events that shaped the current modules for the training of priests in South-eastern Nigeria. At the end of the historical research, he proffered some suggestions for improvement, amendment and solidification of the training of priests in the area. As one of the younger African churches, the examination of the training of priests in South-eastern Nigeria will also serve as a paradigm or typology for understanding the dynamics and the process of training of priests in other African countries, since most of these local churches share relatively similar historical, cultural, economic and socio-political circumstances.
Author: James Francis
Publisher: Gracewing Publishing
Published: 1998
Total Pages: 462
ISBN-13: 9780852443699
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Raymond Hickey
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Published: 1980
Total Pages: 143
ISBN-13: 9780883440216
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Fritz Lobinger
Publisher: Gracewing Publishing
Published: 2002-04
Total Pages: 224
ISBN-13: 9780852445334
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis provocative book is about the proposed ordination of proven leaders of Catholic communities. While most people begin any consideration of this topic by pointing out the current shortage of priest, this concise investigation assumes a different starting point. Roman Catholic Priests are human beings like everyone else, but at the same time they are also quite dissimilar. For example, they do not make their living by the work of their hands. Nor do they raise a family. The crucial question that this book raises is: must all ordained leaders be of the kind? Can the Catholic Church introduce a second kind of priest who is living in a way that is similar to the rest of the community? Such questions are at the heart of this important study.
Author: Philippe Denis
Publisher:
Published: 1995
Total Pages: 216
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Phillip Tovey
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2016-02-24
Total Pages: 211
ISBN-13: 1317014200
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThree churches have recently produced liturgies for 'extended communion'. This is the distribution of previously consecrated elements at a public service by lay people or a deacon in the absence of a priest. This development began in the Roman Catholic Church with the Vatican 'Directory on Sunday Worship in the absence of a priest' in 1988. The Methodist Church produced a service of Extended Communion in 1999, and the Church of England authorized 'Public Worship with Communion by Extension' in 2001. In this book Phillip Tovey examines these churches to discover the reasons for the production of these services and their theological rationale. An in-depth examination of case studies draws conclusions highly relevant to the wider church.
Author: Françoise Pommaret
Publisher: BRILL
Published: 2021-08-04
Total Pages: 263
ISBN-13: 9004489819
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis is the story of the rise of Lhasa, before 1642 a small town, renowned for its Jokhang temple and its three large 15th century Gelukpa monasteries. The political victory of the Gelukpa changed its destiny and it was the Fifth Dalai Lama who made Lhasa into the centre of the Tibetan world, with an influence reaching into Mongolia and Ladakh. It became a true capital, with prestigious monuments, and the Potala Palace as its focus and symbol. Based on Tibetan and Western sources, the book provides a fascinating study of the history of Lhasa against the background of the triangular relations Tibetans-Mongols-Manchus. With ample attention for 17th century Lhasa’s historical, political and cultural context, it offers new insights on Lhasa, also, in the last chapter, in its contemporary Chinese framework.
Author: David Maxwell
Publisher: BRILL
Published: 2022-08-08
Total Pages: 435
ISBN-13: 9004245111
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDuring the twentieth-century, Christendom shifted its centre of gravity to the Southern Hemisphere, Africa becoming the most significant area of church growth. This volume explores Christianity’s advance across the continent, and its capturing of the African imagination. From the medieval Catholic Kingdom of Kongo to a transnational Pentecostal movement in post-colonial Zimbabwe, the chapters explore how African agents – priests and prophets, martyrs and missionaries, evangelists and catechists – have seized Christianity and made it theirs. Emphasizing popular religion, the book shows how the Christian ideas and texts, practices and symbols, which have been adapted by Africans, help them accept existential passions and empower them through faith to deal with material concerns for health and wealth, and to overcome evil.