-Priest- As Type of Christ: The Leader of the Eucharist in Salvation History According to Cyprian of Carthage

by John D. Laurance

Behind much of the turmoil in the Church since Vatican II is the question, What is a priest? Priest as Type of Christ turns to the time-honored witness of Cyprian of Carthage on this question, asking, What is the connection between the bishop or presbyter's imitation of Christ and Christ's consequent presence at the Eucharist? In the course of this investigation biblical typology, Tertullian and Cyprian's use of sacramentum, and the roles...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 082040117X
• ISBN13: 9780820401171
• Release Date: December 1984
• Publisher: Peter Lang Gmbh, Internationaler Verlag Der W
• Length: 256 Pages