Chapter Ten. The Church And The Ordained Ministry (Art. 7–18)

2007 ◽  
pp. 191-236
Keyword(s):  
Ordained Ministry ◽  
The Church

scholarly journals Ecumenical discussion about deacons

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tomi Karttunen
Keyword(s):  
Vatican Ii ◽  
Narrow Sense ◽  
World Today ◽  
Ordained Ministry ◽  
Communion Ecclesiology ◽  
To Come ◽  
The Church

This article assesses the concrete contemporary ecumenical situation in the discussion of the place of deacons in the ordained ministry. This will lead us to an analysis of its relation to deep ecclesiological and even Christological aspects. The analysis begins with Vatican II and its accompanying theological renewal. This shapes the necessary background for an examination of the Lima Document and the Porvoo Declaration. The threefold ministry can be seen as instrumental in these key areas of mission, which are rooted in the Church’s Trinitarian and Christological nature. If the more narrow sense of diaconia is not also present, the nature of the Eucharist as a sacrifice of love is diminished, and without the sacramental dimension, its spiritual content is thin. The ecumenical discussion of the place of deacons in the ordained ministry seems to concern how theologically and practically to embed the ministry within a sacramental communion ecclesiology. The key question is, in what way to reveal its significance as a sign and instrument of faith, hope, and love. It is therefore necessary, firstly, to come to a deeper understanding of Trinitarian communion ecclesiology and the place of diaconal ministry within it. Secondly, an understanding is needed of the practical consequences of the interplay between leitourgia, diaconia, and martyria in the mission of the church facing the suffering world today.

scholarly journals O Espírito Santo estrutura a Igreja (II parte)

1998 ◽  
Vol 58 (230) ◽  
pp. 275-310
Author(s):  
Medoro de Oliveira Souza Neto
Keyword(s):  
New Testament ◽  
Holy Spirit ◽  
Espírito Santo ◽  
Lay People ◽  
Ordained Ministry ◽  
The Holy Spirit ◽  
Espirito Santo ◽  
The Church

O Espírito Santo engendra uma dinâmica comunional na Igreja, mediante os carismas, que instauram uma estrutura permanente carismático-ministerial-alterativa, que é comum às diversas comunidades neotestamentárias, não obstante modelos organizacionais diferentes. Isso permite superar a dicotomia clero/laicato, sem prejuízo para o ministério ordenado e, ao mesmo tempo, fundamentando o protagonismo dos leigos na missão e sua co-participação nas decisões da Igreja. Abstract: Through the Charismas, the Holy Spirit engenders a dynamic communion in the Church which establishes a permanent and articulate structure between charisma and ministries, which is usual to the diverse New Testament communities, though with dijferent organizaiional models. This fact overcomes the dichotomy clergy-laity, without damage to the ordained ministry, and at the same time laying the foundation for the lead of the lay people in the mission and its co-participation in the decisions of the church.

Ordination: A Catholic Ecclesiological Approach

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
James F. Puglisi
Keyword(s):  
Mutual Recognition ◽  
Careful Consideration ◽  
Ordained Ministry ◽  
English Speaking ◽  
English Speaking World ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
The Church ◽  
Lex Orandi

Several important works on the history and theology of ordination have been published in the English-speaking world, among the most recent of which is one by Dr. Paul F. Bradshaw.1 The questions touching on ministry are absolutely essential for the resolution of questions regarding the unity of the church. The mutual recognition of ministry among communities is fundamental if they are to recognize one another as authentic apostolic churches. Although ministry is not the only question for the apostolicity of the church, it is a fundamental one, given that ordination rituals articulate an effective structuring, as well as an auto-definition, of a church. This fact begs, therefore, an exploration of the theological meaning of the “process of ordination” as a whole, as well as careful consideration of the content of the ritual and prayers. The attempt to recognize theological equilibria, which are articulated through the relation of the lex orandi, lex credendi, and the Trinitarian dimension of the process of access to the ordained ministry, leads to an understanding of the originality of the ordained ministry in the context of a plurality of ministries in a church that is itself fully ministerial. Finally, the importance of ordination resides in the fact that it is a process that represents, in a demonstrative way, the structuring of each church, because the process is not only an ecclesial act but also a confessional, epicletic, and juridical one.

Theology of Ministry in the Twentieth Century: Ongoing Problems or New Orientations?

Ecclesiology ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 11-32
Author(s):  
John N. Collins
Keyword(s):  
Twentieth Century ◽  
Karl Barth ◽  
First Century ◽  
Ordained Ministry ◽  
The Gift ◽  
The New Testament ◽  
Service To Others ◽  
Ecclesial Ministry ◽  
First World ◽  
The Church

The first World Missionary Conference in Edinburgh in 1910 unwittingly provided strong impetus to unprecedented endeavours to establish an ecumenically agreed theology of ministry. Between the first Faith and Order Conference in 1927 and the Fourth in 1963 an ecclesiological revolution occurred. Its distinguishing achievement was to locate the gift of ministry not in ordination or its equivalent but in baptism. This principle was established on the basis of the New Testament term for ministry, diakonia, understood as a total giving of self in service to others. Consensus to this effect developed around the work of Karl Barth, Eduard Schweizer and Ernst Käsemann, but in ecumenical circles strong tensions developed about the implications for ordained ministry. The linguistic study of 1990 Diakonia: Re-interpreting the Ancient Sources challenged the semantics underlying the consensus and provided a new semantic profile for an understanding of ecclesial ministry. The re-interpretation has been endorsed by subsequent lexicography and by Anni Hentschel's semantic investigation (2007). Theology of ministry in the twenty-first century has the opportunity to enrich the ministry with which the church is provisioned.

The Church – Towards a Common Vision: A Roman Catholic Response

Ecclesiology ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 298-315
Author(s):  
Paul McPartlan
Keyword(s):  
Catholic Church ◽  
Roman Catholic ◽  
Roman Catholic Church ◽  
Order Convergence ◽  
Ordained Ministry ◽  
The World ◽  
The Church ◽  
Common Vision

The article offers a Roman Catholic response to the Faith and Order convergence text, The Church – Towards a Common Vision (2013). It considers that the text is greatly to be welcomed. The document broadly reflects the ecclesiological understanding of the Roman Catholic Church, particularly with regard to the Church as participating in trinitarian communion, as essentially missionary, as sign and servant (sacrament) of God’s transformational plan of salvation, as existing at three levels, local, regional and universal, at each of which both synodality and primacy are needed, and as committed to the promotion of justice and peace. However, its understanding of ordained ministry, and of the visible structures of the Church, is still weak. The document outlines a Church which, while there is ecumenical agreement regarding many of its elements, is still not firmly held together for its effective existence in the world by a clear structure of ministry.

scholarly journals Por uma igreja de rosto amazônico. Inculturação dos ministérios eclesiais

2020 ◽  
Vol 80 (316) ◽  
pp. 262
Author(s):  
Sinivaldo Silva Tavares
Keyword(s):  
Pope Francis ◽  
Ordained Ministry ◽  
De Se ◽  
Communion Ecclesiology ◽  
The Church ◽  
Pastoral Practice

Na Exortação pós-sinodal Querida Amazônia, o Papa Francisco apresenta o Documento final do sínodo “de maneira oficial” e, por esta razão, em vez de querer superá-lo ou substituí-lo, convida “a lê-lo integralmente”. Daí o fato de sugerir “uma recepção harmoniosa, criativa e frutuosa de todo o caminho sinodal” (QA, 2). Como articular o Documento final com a Exortação pós-sinodal com vistas a uma potencialização recíproca? Reputa-se que questões candentes emersas no curso do longo processo sinodal continuam postas sobre a mesa. E isso justificaria, portanto, o fato de se continuar refletindo sobre as mesmas. A teologia tem por missão iluminar a prática pastoral no intuito de torná-la mais lúcida e eficaz. Nesse sentido, serão aqui problematizadas algumas das questões em torno a três nós temáticos: 1) a Igreja faz a Eucaristia, mas é a Eucaristia que edifica a Igreja; 2) a ”privatização” do ministério ordenado e da eucaristia; 3) a relação entre “sacerdócio batismal” e “sacerdócio ministerial”. Antes, porém, são partilhadas algumas perplexidades relativas, sobretudo, às questões tratadas nos parágrafos que se situam no quarto capítulo, intitulado “Sonho eclesial”, e, mais precisamente, nos números relativos à “inculturação do ministério” (n. 85-90) e à “força e dom das mulheres” (n. 99-103). Manifesta-se, enfim, a convicção de que tais questões devam ser analisadas e aprofundadas no horizonte de uma eclesiologia de comunhão enredada ao redor do binômio comunidade-ministérios.Abstract: In the post-synodal Exhortation Dear Amazon Pope Francis presents the final document of the synod “in an official manner” and for this reason, instead of wanting to go beyond or replace it invites us to “read it in its entirety”. Hence his suggestion for “a harmonious, creative and fruitful reception of the entire synodal path” (QA, 2). How to link the final Document with the post-synodal Exhortation with the intention to produce a reciprocal enhancement? It is believed that complex topics kept under the surface throughout the long synodal process continue on the table. This would justify, therefore, the fact that we continue to reflect about them. Theology has as its mission to throw light on the pastoral practice in order to make it clearer and more effective. In this sense, some of the issues around three thematic knots there will be discussed and analyzed here: 1) the Church makes the Eucharist but it is the Eucharist that builds the Church; 2) the “privatization” of the ordained ministry and of the Eucharist; 3) the relation between “baptismal priesthood” and “ministerial priesthood”. Before this, however, some perplexities related, above all, to the issues dealt with in some paragraphs of the fourth chapter – entitled Ecclesial Dream – are shared. And, more precisely, the numbers related to the “enculturation of the ministry” (n.85-90) and to “the strength and gifts of women” (n. 99-103). Finally, the conviction that such issues must be further analysed and studied more deeply in the horizon of a communion ecclesiology entangled with the binomial community-ministries.Keywords: Eucharist; Inculturation; Baptized priesthood; Community; Ministries.

scholarly journals The evangelical church of Zaire and the female ordained ministry 1

1997 ◽  
Vol 53 (1/2) ◽  
Author(s):  
M. M. Mulemfo
Keyword(s):  
Pastoral Ministry ◽  
Leadership Roles ◽  
African Culture ◽  
Evangelical Church ◽  
Ordained Ministry ◽  
The World ◽  
Cultural Conservatism ◽  
The Church ◽  
Conducive Environment

African culture(s) had assigned inferior roles to women in society. The first Christian missionaries did very little to liberate women from this cultural enslavement. The missionaries's understanding of the leadership roles of women was not very different from that of African culture and its societal organisation. Many churches in Africa had kept to this cultural conservatism and also adopted the missionary theology. However, there are some Christians who accept women into the pastoral ministry, while others consider this move as blasphemous and unbiblical. The role of the church in this conflictual issue is to elaborate a new biblical hermeneutic which would help the church to create a conducive environment where men and women would understand their humanity on an equal basis and participate in God's salvific mission for the world.

Methodism and the Church

2018 ◽  
pp. 316-334
Author(s):  
David M. Chapman
Keyword(s):  
Eighteenth Century ◽  
Catholic Church ◽  
Practical Theology ◽  
Theological Reflection ◽  
Holiness Movement ◽  
Ordained Ministry ◽  
Means Of Grace ◽  
The Future ◽  
The Church

This chapter examines the nature of the church in Methodist experience and practice from the origins of Methodism as a network of religious societies in the eighteenth century to its present day self-understanding as a global communion of churches. The article discusses: (1) the Wesleyan foundations of Methodist ecclesiology; (2) methods, sources, and norms in Methodist theological reflection on the church; (3) how Methodists interpret the credal marks of the church; (4) the ordained ministry; and (5) the means of grace and authority. A concluding section considers the future agenda for ecclesiology as a branch of practical theology in Methodism. Confident in its providential mission to spread scriptural holiness and ecumenical in outlook, Methodism remains in essence a holiness movement in search of its true ecclesial location in the Holy Catholic Church.

Donne e ministeri nella Chiesa antica

Augustinianum ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 57 (1) ◽  
pp. 19-34
Author(s):  
Cettina Militello ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Documentary Evidence ◽  
Theological Interpretation ◽  
Women's Ministry ◽  
Ordained Ministry ◽  
Theological Understanding ◽  
The Church

The comments in this Note are not exhaustive, but intentionally offer a path (1. Feminine Typologies; 2. Testimonials relating to ministry; 3. Rites of Ordination (?); 4. The sacramental bond) wherein theological interpretation has a privileged place, deeply inscribed in the present commentary in regard to women’s problems and expectations in today’s Church. Although nothing certain and irrefutable emerges from the documentary evidence, in regard to women’s ministry, the situation of the Church has changed, as has the situation of women. The true sacramental bond concerns the theological understanding of ordained ministry. If this bond is reconnected to its original and constitutive character of service (diakonia), perhaps some of the reasons for excluding women will crumble. For there are women in the Church who continue to live and work within and for the Church.

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