Clericalism

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Publisher : Liturgical Press
ISBN 13 : 0814639828
Total Pages : 180 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (146 download)

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Book Synopsis Clericalism by : George B. Wilson

Download or read book Clericalism written by George B. Wilson and published by Liturgical Press. This book was released on 2017-06-15 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Searching for answers in the midst of the sexual abuse crisis in the church, many blamed the clerical culture. But what exactly is this clerical culture? We may know it when we see it, but how can we 'whether clergy or laypeople 'go about dismantling it and putting in place a new, healthy culture? George Wilson has spent decades working with organizations to help them discover, and often recover, their foundational calling. He is also a Jesuit priest engaged in the lives of congregations. In Clericalism: The Death of Priesthood he brings together both capacities and gives his sense of the challenges facing the church. As members of the church, Wilson maintains, we are all responsible for creating a clerical culture. And we are also responsible for that culture's transformation. Clericalism aids this transformation by helping us examine some underlying attitudes that create and preserve destructive relationships between ordained and laity. After looking at the crisis and establishing where we are now, this book challenges us with concrete suggestions for changing behaviors. We are lay and ordained, but all baptized into the royal priesthood of 1 Peter 2:9, all called to spread the Gospel and do the work of God's love in the world. Ultimately, this is a hopeful book, looking for the restoration of a genuine priesthood, free of clericalism, in which we become truly united in Christ..

To Hunt, To Shoot, To Entertain

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Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1725229684
Total Pages : 202 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (252 download)

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Book Synopsis To Hunt, To Shoot, To Entertain by : Russell Shaw

Download or read book To Hunt, To Shoot, To Entertain written by Russell Shaw and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2011-07-12 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why hasn't the Catholic Church been more successful up to now in realizing the Second Vatican Council's call for the evangelization of secular culture? Why hasn't the Gospel been preached more forthrightly to the modern world? The most important reason, as well as the least recognized, may be clericalism: the attitude, widely shared by Catholic laypeople as well as many priests, that clerics make up the active, elite corps in the Church, and laypeople are the passive mass; that clerics alone have intrinsic responsibility for the Church's mission while the apostalate of laypeople comes to them (if they come at all) only by delegation on the part of the clergy. To Hunt, To Shoot, To Entertain probes the theological and historical roots of this clericalist mentality as it has affected the Catholic laity, along with contemporary expressions of clericalism--the over-involvement of some clerics in secular politics, the sometimes exaggerated emphasis given to "lay ministers," and certain aspects for the feminist movement in today's Catholicism. This is not another revisionist attack on the priesthood, not one more alienated voice from the pews. Instead the book offers a prescription for authentic ecclesial renewal based on new, healthier lay-clergy relations in light of the teaching of Vatican II, Pope John Paul II, and other voices of the Magisterium. It presents a positive vision of a Church in which laypeople and clergy regard one another with mutual respect as partners in her mission to the world, with indispensable, contemporary tasks arising from their own special vocations.

The Priesthood of the Laity

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Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (5 download)

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Book Synopsis The Priesthood of the Laity by : A. R. Ryder

Download or read book The Priesthood of the Laity written by A. R. Ryder and published by . This book was released on 1911 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Catholic Laity in the Mission of the Church

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Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781494996284
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (962 download)

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Book Synopsis Catholic Laity in the Mission of the Church by : Russell Shaw

Download or read book Catholic Laity in the Mission of the Church written by Russell Shaw and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2014-01-28 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DISCOVER AND LIVE YOUR PURPOSE IN LIFE THROUGH YOUR LAY VOCATION! The Church's mission is to proclaim the Gospel of Jesus Christ to everyone. As lay disciples of the Savior, our shared mission is to bring the message of His saving life, death and resurrection to all men and women through our words and deeds. Your personal lay vocation is even more focused: God has created you for a unique purpose only you can accomplish for Him! As you read this book you will discover the intensely interesting history and theology of the lay vocation and how our Church's reemphasis on the role of the laity in our day is meant to help awaken this "sleeping giant." But this is not simply a book of history and theology-it's about your mission in life and your eternal destiny. Russell Shaw's insightful work makes a direct connection between the teachings of the Bible, Vatican II, John Paul II, Benedict XVI, and Francis I and your everyday life as a lay follower of Jesus. Here you will learn how to begin discerning your unique personal lay vocation and how to establish, deepen and maintain your friendship with Jesus while you live out your lay vocation in the "real world." Jesus told us: I have come that they might have life, and have it more abundantly." Read this book and find that life through your lay vocation!

Priesthood and Clergy Unknown to Christianity

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Total Pages : 180 pages
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Book Synopsis Priesthood and Clergy Unknown to Christianity by : George Bush

Download or read book Priesthood and Clergy Unknown to Christianity written by George Bush and published by . This book was released on 1857 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Priesthood of All Believers

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Publisher : Smyth & Helwys Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9781880837191
Total Pages : 166 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (371 download)

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Book Synopsis The Priesthood of All Believers by : Walter B. Shurden

Download or read book The Priesthood of All Believers written by Walter B. Shurden and published by Smyth & Helwys Publishing. This book was released on 1993 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fifteen sermons that aid both laity and clergy in a better understanding of the doctrine of the priesthood of all believers, the most basic of Baptist principles.

Clergy & Laity

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 484 pages
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Book Synopsis Clergy & Laity by : Odile M. Liebard

Download or read book Clergy & Laity written by Odile M. Liebard and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 484 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A Consortium book." Includes bibliographical references and index.

Mandatory Celibacy in the Catholic Church

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Publisher : Hope Publishing House
ISBN 13 : 9780932727602
Total Pages : 132 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (276 download)

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Book Synopsis Mandatory Celibacy in the Catholic Church by : Michele Prince

Download or read book Mandatory Celibacy in the Catholic Church written by Michele Prince and published by Hope Publishing House. This book was released on 1992 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Liberation of the Laity

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Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1579105874
Total Pages : 153 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (791 download)

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Book Synopsis The Liberation of the Laity by : Anne Rowthorn

Download or read book The Liberation of the Laity written by Anne Rowthorn and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2000-12-06 with total page 153 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A passionate call for a new liberation movement, this time within the church in North America.... The genius of 'The Liberation of the Laity' is not so much that it provides new information or even an entirely original thesis, but that it lays piece after piece together until the pattern emerges for us, and we have the eyes to see the repetition and extension of that pattern in our own experiences of church life. Books and Religion The author, in this deeply felt and powerfully argued book, tackles the issues of the nature of ministry, priesthood, ordination, lay theology, a spirituality of life in the world. The argument is clearly expressed, draws upon a wide range of scholarship, the example of the early church as well as the experience of the author.... I cannot be dispassionate in recommending this book. It provides a model of what a theology of the people should be like in the way it argues the case for such a theology. Zadok Perspectives - a quarterly journal of the Zadok Institute for Christianity and Society (Australia). If I could have one wish fulfilled - I'd wish that Anne Rowthorn's 'The Liberation of the Laity' would be required reading for Christians everywhere! She is a voice for the church's voiceless. Irene V. Jackson-Brown 'The Liberation of the Laity' will irritate, inform, and inspire. And it should be read by all - lay and ordained - who are willing to have their eyes, and most especially their hearts, opened a little wider. Virginia Seminary Journal 'The Liberation of the Laity' is a provocative book that challenges the clericalist culture of the church, and provides practical advice and sound counsel toward a more inclusive future. Further, the book affirms the history and theology of the ministry of all baptized persons in a deep and thought-provoking way. 'The Liberation of the Laity' will spark conversation and reflection among those most concerned about the future of ministry, and the need for the church to support the vocations of all the baptized. Sheryl A. Kujawa-Holbrook Director of Congregational Studies Associate Professor Episcopal Divinity School

The Priests We Need To Save the Church

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Publisher : Sophia Institute Press
ISBN 13 : 1644130335
Total Pages : 218 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (441 download)

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Book Synopsis The Priests We Need To Save the Church by : Kevin Wells

Download or read book The Priests We Need To Save the Church written by Kevin Wells and published by Sophia Institute Press. This book was released on 2019-08-16 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While dissolute bishops and priests around the world grab headlines for their untoward words and deeds, too many other unfruitful priests minister as little more than glad-handing bachelors doing social service work. Top and bottom, is this the Church that Christ intended? Are these the priests we need? “No!” cries author Kevin Wells in these compelling pages that showcase how heroic priests can faithfully tread the narrow path of holy self-sacrifice first blazed by the apostles themselves. From scores of insightful interviews with modern priests, exorcists, seminary formators, and even disillusioned laity, Wells here draws forth a blueprint for priestly holiness that can once again fill our Church with priests abounding with sincere, supernatural faith, on fire with God's love, and moved by the irresistible impulse to save souls, no matter the cost to themselves. Reading this book will deepen your own faith and help you understand what all

Common Calling

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Publisher : Georgetown University Press
ISBN 13 : 9781589012998
Total Pages : 284 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (129 download)

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Book Synopsis Common Calling by : Stephen J. Pope

Download or read book Common Calling written by Stephen J. Pope and published by Georgetown University Press. This book was released on 2004-10-19 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The sexual abuse scandal in the Catholic Church has been exacerbated in the minds of many by the dismal response of church leadership. Uncovered along with the abuse of power were decisions that were not only made in secrecy, but which also magnified the powerlessness of the people of the church to have any say in its governance. Accordingly, many have left the church, many have withheld funding—others have vowed to work for change, as witnessed by the phenomenal growth of Voice of the Faithful. Common Calling is indeed a call—for change, for inclusion, and a place at the table for the laity when it comes to the governance of the church. By first providing compelling historical precedents of the roles and status of the laity as it functioned during the first millennium, Common Calling compares and contrasts those to the place of the laity today. It is this crossroad—between the past and the possible future of the Catholic Church—where the distinguished contributors to this volume gather in the hope and expectation of change. They examine the distinction between laity and clergy in regard to the power of church governance, and explore the theological interpretation of clergy-laity relations and governance in the teachings of the Second Vatican Council. They look at how church officials interpret the role of the laity today and address the weaknesses in that model. Finally, they speak clearly in outlining the ways governance may be improved, and how—by emphasizing dialogue, participation, gender equality, and loyalty—the role of the laity can be enhanced. Speaking as active believers and academic specialists, all of the contributors assert that the church must evolve in the 21st century. They represent a variety of disciplines, including systematic theology, sacramental theology, canon law, political science, moral theology, pastoral theology, and management. The book also includes an essay by James Post, cofounder of the Catholic lay movement Voice of the Faithful, the organization that was in part responsible for the resignation of Boston's Cardinal Bernard Law. Common Calling looks to a future of transparency in the Catholic Church that, with an invested laity, will help to prevent any further abuse—especially the abuse of power.

The View from the Pew

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Publisher : Christian Faith Publishing, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 1098041763
Total Pages : 143 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (98 download)

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Book Synopsis The View from the Pew by : Alex A. Meñez

Download or read book The View from the Pew written by Alex A. Meñez and published by Christian Faith Publishing, Inc.. This book was released on 2021-03-11 with total page 143 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Love stories are always captivating. And when it is the love story of a catholic priest, it is intriguing. This book is about the love story of two priests. "Both stories reveal their pain and struggles to decide against a law imbedded for centuries in the solid structure of an institution and in the cultural psyche of both laity and clergy. In the end, love and grace triumph" (From a peer review).A highlight of this book is my reformist concern related to clerical behavior. And I speak from my experience and expertise of forty years in the ministry. Ecclesiastics should know that when I left the service of the altar, I bore no bitterness or regret. I am, therefore, their best ally to tell them the truth in love. An added weight for my credibility is because my observations are based mostly on the pronouncements of Pope Francis.The book will make some clerics uncomfortable. Many will find it comforting and uplifting. All will find it a good resource for reflection and a compelling guide for examination of conscience to hopefully bring about the clergy reform in attitude and lifestyle.I have a chapter on celibacy. Some will ask, what more is there to talk about this topic. And I say, because I present celibacy with a focus on chastity. Celibacy without chastity is a farce. Perhaps someday the church will change its law on celibacy, definitely not in my lifetime. But it will. This book will tell you why.This book can be used as a primer in the seminary formation program. As Cardinal Robert Sarah has warned, "The Christian priesthood is going through a major crisis," and at the root of this quagmire "is a deep flaw in their formation."The laity will benefit from this book, especially among the churchgoing, those engaged in religious formation, those in search of their faith's relevance or simply the spiritually hungry and the families and friends of priests all over the world. The book strongly emphasizes the equality in dignity of all Christian faithful (clergy and lay) based on the grace of baptism. This will help the laity value and uphold their proper role, viz. that together they build up the Church of Jesus Christ.

Laity, American and Catholic

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Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 9781556128233
Total Pages : 204 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (282 download)

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Book Synopsis Laity, American and Catholic by : William V. D'Antonio

Download or read book Laity, American and Catholic written by William V. D'Antonio and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 1996 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The authors summarize existing data on Catholic laity's views toward the Church itself, as measured using nationwide polls. Based on a 1993 national survey, Laity: American and Catholic reports important trends in the attitudes of Catholic laity regarding church teachings, their participation in church ministry, and the Church's overall role in their lives.

Transforming Parish Ministry

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Publisher : Crossroad Publishing
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 400 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (49 download)

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Book Synopsis Transforming Parish Ministry by : Jay P. Dolan

Download or read book Transforming Parish Ministry written by Jay P. Dolan and published by Crossroad Publishing. This book was released on 1989 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Meeting the Protestant Challenge: How to Answer 50 Biblical Objections to Catholic Beliefs

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ISBN 13 : 9781683571445
Total Pages : pages
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Book Synopsis Meeting the Protestant Challenge: How to Answer 50 Biblical Objections to Catholic Beliefs by : Karlo Broussard

Download or read book Meeting the Protestant Challenge: How to Answer 50 Biblical Objections to Catholic Beliefs written by Karlo Broussard and published by . This book was released on 2019-09-15 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Priests

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Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 9780226306445
Total Pages : 188 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (64 download)

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Book Synopsis Priests by : Andrew M. Greeley

Download or read book Priests written by Andrew M. Greeley and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2004-03-07 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For several years now, the Roman Catholic Church and the institution of the priesthood itself have been at the center of a firestorm of controversy. While many of the criticisms lodged against the recent actions of the Church—and a small number of its priests—are justified, the majority of these criticisms are not. Hyperbolic and misleading coverage of recent scandals has created a public image of American priests that bears little relation to reality, and Andrew Greeley's Priests skewers this image with a systematic inside look at American priests today. No stranger to controversy himself, Greeley here challenges those analysts and the media who parrot them in placing the blame for recent Church scandals on the mandate of celibacy or a clerical culture that supports homosexuality. Drawing upon reliable national survey samples of priests, Greeley demolishes current stereotypes about the percentage of homosexual priests, the level of personal and professional happiness among priests, the role of celibacy in their lives, and many other issues. His findings are more than surprising: they reveal, among other things, that priests report higher levels of personal and professional satisfaction than doctors, lawyers, or faculty members; that they would overwhelmingly choose to become priests again; and that younger priests are far more conservative than their older brethren. While the picture Greeley paints should radically reorient the public perception of priests, he does not hesitate to criticize the Church's significant shortcomings. Most priests, for example, do not think the sexual abuse problems are serious, and they do not think that poor preaching or liturgy is a problem, though the laity give them very low marks on their ministerial skills. Priests do not listen to the laity, bishops do not listen to priests, and the Vatican does not listen to any of them. With Greeley's statistical evidence and provocative recommendations for change—including a national "Priest Corps" that would offer young men a limited term of service in the Church—Priests offers a new vision for American Catholics, one based on real problems and solutions rather than on images of a depraved, immature, and frustrated priesthood.

Einübung Priesterlicher Existenz. English

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Publisher : Herder & Herder
ISBN 13 : 9780070737914
Total Pages : 281 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (379 download)

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Book Synopsis Einübung Priesterlicher Existenz. English by : Karl Rahner

Download or read book Einübung Priesterlicher Existenz. English written by Karl Rahner and published by Herder & Herder. This book was released on 1973-01-01 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: