Priest and Bishop

By Raymond E. Brown

Book Overview

With the whole Christian world looking on, we Catholics have entered a sometimes acrimonious debate with ourselves as to what should be expected of those who are in the special ministry of the Church, i.e., the priesthood--What manner of life should our priests live and what work should they do? Also under review is the role of the bishop, said traditionally to possess the fullness of the priesthood. We are asking whether the authority structure on all levels should be more collegial or democratic and what such a change would mean in light of the traditional theology of the episcopate. Ecumenically we are pondering our relationships to other churches in which there is no episcopate in apostolic succession. --from the Preface

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1579102778
• ISBN13: 9781579102777
• Release Date: February 2004
• Publisher: Wipf & Stock Publishers
• Length: 88 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.6" x 8.4"

Customer Reviews

Development of episcopacy in the early church

AS usual Raymond Brown has approached this with scholarly insight as how the New Testament writings reveal the emergence of what the church called the episcopal ministry. It challenges the old belief that the apostles ordained, and makes readers analsye Scripture from a fresh perspective. It is a book worth reading