The language of ordination : ministry in an ecumenical context
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- Author
- Countryman, L. William (Louis William), 1941-
- Publication Date
- 1992
- Material Type
- Book
- Location
- Trinity College (Graham Library)
- Call Number
- BV 664.5 C68 1992
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia PA
- Publisher
- Trinity Press International
- Publication Date
- 1992
- Physical Description
- v, 106 p. ; 21.5 x 14 cm.
- Material Type
- Book
- Notes
- "[By] L. William Countryman".
- "First published 1992. Copyright 1992 L. William Countryman". -- verso of t.-p.
- Includes bibliographical references, p. 103-106.
- "In the last decade, renewed appreciation of baptism has undermined theories of ministry that, overtly or covertly, turned the ordained clergy into a superior class of Christians. The issue of ordination has also proven a major sticking point in efforts to draw diverse traditions of Christians together in the creation of a more ecumenical future for the churches. This book focuses on two questions: (1) How are the ordained related to those not ordained ? (2) How do different traditions of ordination related to one another ?" -- back cover.
- Contents: Preface -- Introduction -- Orders as Ecumenical Problem -- Some Basic Presuppositions -- Ordination as Sacramental Action -- Laying on of Hands -- Tactile Networks of Ordination -- Towards a Sacramental Realization of the Church's Unity -- Conclusion -- Notes.
- Author is an Episcopal Church priest.
- Subjects
- Ordination
- Ecumenical movement - 20th century
- Ordination and Christian union
- Ordination - Anglican Communion
- Ministry - Anglican Communion
- Imposition of hands
- Episcopacy - Anglican Communion
- ISBN
- 1-56338-046-3 (pbk.)
- Call Number
- BV 664.5 C68 1992
- Location
- Trinity College (Graham Library)