The Priestly Office

Author : Avery Dulles
Publisher : Paulist Press
Page : 100 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Religion
ISBN : 080913716X

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The Priestly Office by Avery Dulles Pdf

"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

Author : Dr. Victor T. Nyarko
Publisher : Notion Press
Page : 84 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2017-07-13
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781947349223

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The Order of Melchizedek by Dr. Victor T. Nyarko Pdf

Who was Melchizedek? Embark on an intriguing and interesting journey into the life of a strange and isolated, but unique personage called Melchizedek. He appears momentarily in the Bible on an occasion where he met the great Patriarch Abraham and then disappears from the pages of history just as suddenly as he appeared. He is said to be without father, without mother, without descent, having neither beginning of days, nor end of life according to the book of Hebrews. So the big questions that this book explores and attempt to answer about this strange figure are: In what way does his priestly order align with the Lord Jesus; yet differ from the Aaronic (Levitical) order of priesthood? Why should Melchizedek, and he alone of all the Old Testament characters, be thought of in a way that defiles human mortality? This book’s approach to the life of Melchizedek will leave you amused, instructed, enlightened, stirred up, and challenged but definitely not bored!

Author : Kolawole Obaseye
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 58 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2019-10-21
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780359971183

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Priesthood by Kolawole Obaseye Pdf

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.

Author : Thomas Bowdler
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 24 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 1828
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BL:A0024346525

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The Origin and Character of the Priestly Office: a Sermon, Etc by Thomas Bowdler Pdf

Author : Ida Raming
Publisher : Scarecrow Press
Page : 366 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0810848503

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A History of Women and Ordination by Ida Raming Pdf

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.

Author : George WILLIAMS (B.D., Fellow of King's College, Cambridge.)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 1856
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BL:A0023181313

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The Priestly Office of Christ. A Sermon [on Heb. Ii. 17]. by George WILLIAMS (B.D., Fellow of King's College, Cambridge.) Pdf

Author : Hans Urs Von Balthasar
Publisher : Ignatius Press
Page : 86 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2013-09-26
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781681493930

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Priestly Spirituality by Hans Urs Von Balthasar Pdf

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.

Author : Saint Thomas Aquinas,Aeterna Press
Publisher : Aeterna Press
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Religion
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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The Religious State: The Episcopate and the Priestly Office by Saint Thomas Aquinas,Aeterna Press Pdf

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

Author : Gerald O'Collins, SJ,Michael Keenan Jones
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2010-03-18
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780191614637

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Jesus Our Priest: A Christian Approach to the Priesthood of Christ by Gerald O'Collins, SJ,Michael Keenan Jones Pdf

In recent years many books have been published in the area of Christology (who is Jesus in himself?) and soteriology (what did he do as Saviour?). A number of notable, ecumenical documents on Christian ministry have also appeared. But in all this literature there is surprisingly little reflection on the priesthood of Christ, from which derives all ministry, whether the priesthood of all the faithful or ministerial priesthood. This present work aims to fill that gap by examining, in the light of the Scriptures and the Christian tradition, what it means to call Christ our priest. Beginning with a study of the biblical material, the book then moves to the witness to Christ's priesthood coming from the fathers of the Church, Thomas Aquinas, Luther and Calvin, the Council of Trent, the seventeenth-century 'French School', John Henry Newman, Tom Torrance and the Second Vatican Council. The two concluding chapters describe and define in twelve theses the key characteristics of Christ's priesthood and what sharing in that priesthood, through baptism and ordination, involves.

Author : Wilhelm Stockums
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 1947
Category : Clergy
ISBN : WISC:89085134666

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The Priesthood by Wilhelm Stockums Pdf

Author : Richard Donald Nelson
Publisher : Westminster John Knox Press
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 1993-01-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0664254373

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Raising Up a Faithful Priest by Richard Donald Nelson Pdf

This thought-provoking study reviews priesthood from a theological perspective and explores the theological value and significance of priests in Old and New Testaments. Richard D. Nelson reviews biblical concepts of priesthood and provides guidance and data for exegetes and systematic theologians as they work out the implications of the Bible's view of priesthood.

Author : Andrew M. Davis
Publisher : Baker Books
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2021-10-19
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781493430277

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The Glory Now Revealed by Andrew M. Davis Pdf

Believers know that when we die we enter heaven and will spend eternity there with God and the saints who have gone before us. But what actually happens in heaven? What are we going to be doing there? Won't it get boring at some point? According to Scripture, a large part of our experience of heaven will be a continual revealing of God's glory. Not just his glory in the moment, but during all of time. The mysteries of providence, the hidden movements of God throughout history, and the forgotten and unnoted works of even the most obscure of God's people will be unveiled so that we can see how wise, loving, gracious, and powerful our God is. And though we will experience perfection in heaven, we will never be omniscient, which means we will always be learning more about God's glory, inspiring us to return joyful praise and thanksgiving. If your vision of heaven has been limited to clouds and harps and angels, it's time to expand that view with the truth found in this biblically based look at the afterlife.

Author : Herman Majkrzak,Vitaly Permiakov
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2014-08-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0990502929

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Hieratikon by Herman Majkrzak,Vitaly Permiakov Pdf

Author : Walter Shurden
Publisher : Smyth & Helwys Pub
Page : 166 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 1993-05
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0687825660

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The Priesthood of All Believers by Walter Shurden Pdf

Author : The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints
Publisher : The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Page : 298 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781465101273

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Gospel Principles by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints Pdf

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.