An Ecumenical Priesthood
The Spirit of God and the Structure of the Church
$57.52
- Paperback
100 pages
- Release Date
22 August 2022
Summary
The question of whether Protestant ministers are validly ordained remains a barrier for ecumenical reconciliation between Roman Catholics and Protestants. Because Catholics in the past have judged Protestant ordinations to be invalid, the Catholic Church in the present feels bound to name these communions “not fully-churches.” Many Protestants, however, accept Catholic bishops, priests, and deacons as ministers of the gospel and the Catholic Church as a true church (albeit one in need of ongo…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781506484297 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1506484298 |
| Author: | Karl Rahner, Jakob Karl Rinderknecht |
| Publisher: | Augsburg Fortress Publishers |
| Imprint: | Fortress Press,U.S. |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 100 |
| Release Date: | 22 August 2022 |
| Weight: | 318g |
| Dimensions: | 216mm x 140mm |
About The Author
Karl Rahner
Karl Rahner, SJ (d. 1984), was among the most influential Catholic theologians of the twentieth century. He taught at the Universities of Innsbruck, Munich, and Münster, and was a major figure at the Second Vatican Council. His voluminous writings include Hearers of the Word, The Trinity, and Foundations of the Christian Faith.
Jakob Karl Rinderknecht is the director of the Pastoral Institute and associate professor of religion at the University of the Incarnate Word in San Antonio, Texas. He is the author of Mapping the Differentiated Consensus of the Joint Declaration, which won the inaugural Harding Meyer Prize in Ecumenism in 2020.
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