Priesthood in Religious Life
Title | Priesthood in Religious Life PDF eBook |
Author | Stephen Bevans |
Publisher | Liturgical Press |
Pages | 232 |
Release | 2018-09-27 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 0814684785 |
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.
The Christian Priest Today
Title | The Christian Priest Today PDF eBook |
Author | Arthur Michael Ramsey |
Publisher | SPCK |
Pages | 119 |
Release | 2020-05-21 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 0281082316 |
'Michael Ramsay's profound simplicity leaps off the page . . . The Christian Priest Today can be read with great and lasting benefit by anyone interested in this strange and magnificent vocation.' John Pritchard, author of The Life and Work of a Priest Of all Michael Ramsey's many books, The Christian Priest Today is perhaps the best loved and most enduring. The main part of the volume is composed of charges to ordination candidates, with an emphasis on the intellectual and devotional life of the minister in an increasingly self-sufficient world. Later chapters reflect on the ministry of the laity, the theology of priesthood and the roles of bishop and presbyter in the context of the practical meaning of divine vocation.
God's Mediators
Title | God's Mediators PDF eBook |
Author | Andrew S. Malone |
Publisher | InterVarsity Press |
Pages | 253 |
Release | 2017-12-05 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 0830887407 |
There are many investigations of the Old Testament priests and the New Testament’s appropriation of such imagery for Jesus Christ. There are also studies of Israel’s corporate priesthood and what this means for the priesthood of God’s new covenant people. In this NSBT volume, Andrew S. Malone traces these two distinct threads and their intersection through Scripture with an eye to the contemporary Christian relevance.
The Priesthood of All Believers
Title | The Priesthood of All Believers PDF eBook |
Author | Walter B. Shurden |
Publisher | Smyth & Helwys Publishing |
Pages | 166 |
Release | 1993 |
Genre | Baptists |
ISBN | 9781880837191 |
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.
Understanding the Religious Priesthood
Title | Understanding the Religious Priesthood PDF eBook |
Author | Christian, OSB Raab |
Publisher | Catholic University of America Press |
Pages | 368 |
Release | 2020-10-14 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 0813233232 |
Most contemporary theologies of Holy Orders consider priesthood mainly in its diocesan context and most contemporary theologies of religious life do not consider how ordained ministry functions when it is internal rather than external to religious life. Understanding the Religious Priesthood provides a history and theology of religious priesthood that contributes to our understanding of this vocation’s identity and mission. It uncovers what religious priesthood shares with diocesan priesthood and non-ordained religious life and what makes it different from both those other vocations. Christian Raab begins by tracing the history of religious priesthood from its origins in the early Church to the eve of the Second Vatican Council. He demonstrates that religious priests often faced questions about how to reconcile their two callings, but that they also provided answers in their theologies and spiritualities of priesthood and religious life. Meanwhile, they made key contributions to the Church’s life and mission. Raab then investigates the teachings of the Second Vatican Council on priesthood and religious life. Observing that the Council presented priesthood according to a diocesan typology and presented religious life without sacerdotal associations, he argues that the lack of imagery of religious priesthood contributed to a post-conciliar vocational identity crisis among religious priests. He then seeks to remedy this lacuna by appealing to the biblical images for religious priesthood Hans Urs von Balthasar offered in his theology of vocations. Raab argues that Balthasar’s imagery is a promising way forward for understanding the identity and mission of religious priesthood. In a final part, Raab provides a substantial theological articulation of religious priesthood which illuminates its liturgical signification, ecclesial mediation and mission, and ministerial identity. Here he draws not only from Balthasar but also from Pope John Paul II, Yves Congar, Jean-Marie Tillard, Brian Daley, and Guy Mansini to construct his profile.
The Catholic Priesthood: Biblical Foundations
Title | The Catholic Priesthood: Biblical Foundations PDF eBook |
Author | Fr. Thomas J. Lane |
Publisher | Emmaus Road Publishing |
Pages | 350 |
Release | 2016-10-01 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 1945125098 |
Gospel Principles
Title | Gospel Principles PDF eBook |
Author | The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints |
Publisher | The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints |
Pages | 298 |
Release | 1997 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 1465101276 |
A Study Guide and a Teacher’s Manual Gospel Principles was written both as a personal study guide and as a teacher’s manual. As you study it, seeking the Spirit of the Lord, you can grow in your understanding and testimony of God the Father, Jesus Christand His Atonement, and the Restoration of the gospel. You can find answers to life’s questions, gain an assurance of your purpose and self-worth, and face personal and family challenges with faith.