Sacramental Orders
Author | : Susan K. Wood |
Publisher | : Liturgical Press |
Total Pages | : 220 |
Release | : 2000 |
ISBN-10 | : 0814625223 |
ISBN-13 | : 9780814625224 |
Rating | : 4/5 (23 Downloads) |
Book excerpt: This study of bishops, presbyters, and deacons identifies four conceptualizations of the Church influencing the relationship between ordained ministry and the Church: a monarchical and hierarchical conceptualization; a eucharistic, collegial model representing the communion of particular churches; the priest, prophet, and king motif that structures the concept of the Church as the people of God; and a theology of the Church as a sacrament of Christ and ordained ministry as a sacrament of the Church. It examines the 1990 ordination rites and discusses the sacramentality of episcopal ordination, the identity of the presbyterate, and questions concerning the diaconate.