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A discussion of the historical development of the order of deacons, its theological basis in the Western and Eastern Churches, and the relevance and significance of the diaconate for the Church in the twenty-first century.
Author : Frederick C. (Fritz) Bauerschmidt
Publisher : Sacristy Press
Page : 215 pages
File Size : 21,5 MB
Release : 2019-08-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1789590558
A discussion of the historical development of the order of deacons, its theological basis in the Western and Eastern Churches, and the relevance and significance of the diaconate for the Church in the twenty-first century.
Author : Frederick C. (Fritz) Bauerschmidt
Publisher : Sacristy Press
Page : 215 pages
File Size : 43,79 MB
Release : 2019-08-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 178959037X
A discussion of the historical development of the order of deacons, its theological basis in the Western and Eastern Churches, and the relevance and significance of the diaconate for the Church in the twenty-first century.
Author : John N. Collins
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 35,2 MB
Release : 1990
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780195396027
This is the first comprehensive study of the Greek word ''diakonia, '' from which the word ''deacon'' is derived. Diakonia and its cognates appear frequently throughout the New Testament, but its precise meaning has long been disputed. Today, it is usually translated ''service'' or ''ministry.'' As Collins shows, this understanding of diakonia has been important to the development of a modern consensus about the nature of Christian ministry. Based on the understanding that diakonia is ''service'' and that the diakonos (deacon) is a ''servant, '' nearly all Christian bodies today agree that the central idea of ministry is that of helping the needy, and that the ''servant'' church should be humbly devoted to helping the world, after the model of Jesus. Collins conducts an exhaustive study of diakonia in Christian and non-Christian sources from about 200 BCE to 200 CE. He finds that in all such sources the word is used to mean ''messenger'' or ''emissary, '' and has no implications of humility or of helping the needy. This discovery undermines much of the theological discussion of ministry that has taken place over the past fifty years.
Author : Catholic Church. Congregatio pro Institutione Catholica
Publisher : USCCB Publishing
Page : 148 pages
File Size : 12,32 MB
Release : 1998
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781574552423
From the Congregation for Catholic Education and the Congregation for the Clergy.
Author : W. Shawn McKnight
Publisher : CUA Press
Page : 329 pages
File Size : 49,23 MB
Release : 2018-07-13
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0813230357
What is a deacon? More than fifty years since the restoration of the permanent diaconate by the Second Vatican Council, the office of deacon is still in need of greater specificity about its purpose and place within the mission and organizational structure of the Church. While the Church is more than a social reality, the Church nonetheless has a social reality. Our understanding of the diaconate therefore benefits from a theological discussion of the divine element of the Church and a sociological examination of the human element. Understanding the Diaconate adds the resources of sociology and anthropology to the theological sources of scripture, liturgy, patristic era texts, theologians, and magisterial teachings to conclude that the deacon can be understood as “social intermediary and symbol of communitas” who serves the participation of the laity in the life and mission of the Church. This research proposes the deacon as a servant of the bond of communion within the Church (facilitating the relationship between the bishop/priest and his people), and between the People of God and the individual in need. Thus authentic diaconal ministry includes a vast array of many concrete contexts of pastoral importance where one does more than simply serve at Mass.
Author : Bart J. Koet
Publisher :
Page : 327 pages
File Size : 14,69 MB
Release : 2018
Category :
ISBN : 9783161566479
Author : Stephanie Dietrich
Publisher :
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 38,93 MB
Release : 2019-08
Category :
ISBN : 9781506477084
This book is the third volume on diakonia published by Regnum Books. It follows Diakonia as Christian Social Practice: An Introduction and Diakonia in a Gender Perspective. For those who believe the church must be active in the world, seeking to heal and struggle for justice, this is the essential guidebook and toolbox for diaconal practice.
Author : John N. Collins
Publisher : Church Publishing, Inc.
Page : 169 pages
File Size : 10,73 MB
Release : 2003-01-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0819227854
Explores the pastoral implications of a new scholarly understanding of the role of deacons in the Early Church. In many churches today -- Catholic, Anglican, and others -- deacons have come to serve largely as servants of the poor and needy. In Deacons and the Church, Collins argues that this limited role for deacons was based on misinterpretations of key scriptural passages. Following the history of deacons in the Early Church to modern times, Collins offers extensive reflections on the relevant Scriptures, and suggests that we redefine the role of deacons for today. Rather than limit the role of deacons, he urges the church to adapt ancient meanings to modern pastoral situations. In the words of Ignatius of Antioch, whom he quotes in the final chapter, "Deacons are not providers of bread and drink but are agents of the congregation." Collins paints a rich picture of deacons as agents of the church, ordained to the service of the bishop, who sends them forth as ministers of the church as a whole, rather than simply social workers. Collins provides an understanding of deacons that embraces social welfare but is not bound by it.
Author : Owen F. Cummings
Publisher : Paulist Press
Page : 163 pages
File Size : 38,30 MB
Release : 2004
Category : Deacons
ISBN : 1616436212
Author : Curtis W. Freeman
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 15,88 MB
Release : 2014
Category : Baptists
ISBN : 9781481300278
In Contesting Catholicity, Curtis W. Freeman offers an alternative Baptist identity, an "Other" kind of Baptist, one that stands between the liberal and fundamentalist options. By discerning an elegant analogy among some late modern Baptist preachers, seventeenth- and eighteenth-century Baptist founders, and early patristic theologians, Freeman narrates the Baptist story as a community that grapples with the convictions of the church catholic.