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.
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A Christian Approach to the Priesthood of Christ
Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9780191614637
Publisert
2020
Utgiver
Vendor
OUP Oxford
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Digital bok
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