The Priestly Office
The Priestly Office

Author: Avery Dulles

Publisher: Paulist Press

Published: 1997

Total Pages: 100

ISBN-13: 9780809137169

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"The past three decades have witnessed a decline in the number of Roman Catholic priests in Europe and North America, the result of resignations from the priesthood and of fewer people entering seminaries. A major cause contributing to this situation has been the ambiguity surrounding the role and identity of the priest in light of new theological paradigms. This book attempts to restore clarity to that matter by drawing primarily, although not exclusively, on the teachings of the Second Vatican Council, postconciliar theology and the pronouncements of Pope John Paul II." "The first chapter probes the relationship of the priest to Christ and the church. This is the basic theme of the book, since the manner in which the relationship is perceived colors all aspects of priestly life. The following three chapters examine the three forms of ministry the priest renders to the community: the ministry of the word, of worship and of pastoral care. The book ends with a consideration of the most fundamental role of the priest: a disciple of Jesus. So the book comes full circle, returning to the primary relationship of the priest to Christ and to the church as a community of disciples."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved

Priesthood
Priesthood

Author: Kolawole Obaseye

Publisher: Lulu.com

Published: 2019-10-21

Total Pages: 58

ISBN-13: 0359971180

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We live in a world of spirit and mankind is always either a victim or beneficiary of spiritual dimensions, regardless of his knowledge or ignorance of it. Christians can be slave to ancestral bloodline if they cannot function effectively as priests. As a believer, you are the priest of your life and family. Is your life beggarly, weak and poor? Have you done all the types of prayers and fasting you know how to do without breakthrough? I introduce you to a subject that is as deep as eternity. A subject that reveals the eternal authority and power of God, which is given to man to enact ordinances on earth and live in the liberty he has in Christ. The heaven, even the heavens are the Lord's: but the earth hath He given to the children of men. Psalm115:16 In this book, you will learn about various dimension of power: you will know the mystery of power, purpose of power and how to experience the reality of Jesus in your day.

A History of Women and Ordination
A History of Women and Ordination

Author: Ida Raming

Publisher: Scarecrow Press

Published: 2002

Total Pages: 366

ISBN-13: 9780810848504

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The Priestly Office of Women: God's gift to a Renewed Church is the English translation of the second edition of Dr. Ida Raming's classic study of the exclusion of women from ordination in the Western Christian Church, The Exclusion of Women from the Priesthood: Divine Law or Sex Discrimination? (SCP, 1976). This new edition includes a bibliography on women's ordination from 1973 to the present plus three recent essays by Dr. Raming and a complete translation of the Latin sources cited by Dr. Raming.

The Religious State: The Episcopate and the Priestly Office
The Religious State: The Episcopate and the Priestly Office

Author: Saint Thomas Aquinas

Publisher: Aeterna Press

Published: 1992

Total Pages: 128

ISBN-13:

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Amongst the seventy-two Opuscula, or minor works, of St. Thomas Aquinas there are three which treat of the religious life and calling. The first of these is now offered to the English reader. The two others have a special interest of their own. They were the outcome of the historic controversy on the religious orders, raised, in St. Thomas’s day, by a powerful and influential anti-regular party, of which William of St. Amour was the recognised and indomitable champion and leader. These two Opuscula will appear in English in a subsequent volume. I venture to predict that they will not fail to attract the attention of many readers in the English-speaking world. They are more than old enough to have made history, yet they are singularly appropriate and apposite to-day—more than six hundred years after they were written—when, as in the thirteenth century, the religious orders are again on their trial in several countries in Europe. Aeterna Press

Priestly Spirituality
Priestly Spirituality

Author: Hans Urs Von Balthasar

Publisher: Ignatius Press

Published: 2013-09-26

Total Pages: 86

ISBN-13: 1681493934

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Priesthood and crisis are two words that appear to be very closely related. Or so it has seemed for the past thirty years and more. The crisis in the priestly ministry is constantly showing new sides, however-the issue of the priest's own self-understanding, for example, the interplay of the various different vocations within the Church, and the struggle, in the face of a plethora of different offices and ministries, to discern what constitutes the specific priestly dimension and identity. Again and again, in his theological writings, Hans Urs von Balthasar has addressed the fundamental issues of of?ce and ministry, of priesthood and discipleship. He has uncovered the foundations from a biblical and theological historical perspective and has offered answers to the current problems of priestly existence. This book presents the confrontation with relevant trends, and at the same time the opposing current generated by von Balthasar, since he does not follow popular positions but instead gives us the very core of the Gospel and of revelation, like rye bread. In order to illuminate the spirituality and meaning of the life of the priest of today, von Balthasar goes back to the origins, to the apostles, to their calling, and above all to that moment from which their apostolic mission and their entire Christian existence originates, the Paschal mystery of Jesus. On the eve of his death, Jesus establishes the Eucharist and the priesthood; immediately after his Resurrection he bestows on the disciples the power to forgive sins, entrusts his sheep to Peter, and sends them out into the whole world. Thus von Balthasar considers the life and mission of today's priests in continuity not only with the first apostles, but above all, with Jesus himself. The person and mission of Jesus Christ stand at the center of priestly spirituality. Hence all the reaections in this work revolve unswervingly around Jesus Christ and his mission. Jesus is the source and norm of priestly existence. Only when God, made manifest in the figure of the Savior Jesus Christ, is understood as the center from which this priestly existence springs, and only when this enduring center is proclaimed, can the bold presumption of the Lord in entrusting his mission to weak men be understood in confident trust and attract new followers, even in lean times.

The Priesthood of All Believers
The Priesthood of All Believers

Author: Walter B. Shurden

Publisher: Smyth & Helwys Publishing

Published: 1993

Total Pages: 166

ISBN-13: 9781880837191

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Fifteen sermons that aid both laity and clergy in a better understanding of the doctrine of the priesthood of all believers, the most basic of Baptist principles.