Jesus Our Priest: A Christian Approach to the Priesthood of Christ

by Gerald O'Collins, SJ, Michael Keenan Jones

Overview

In recent years many books have been published in the area of Christology (who is Jesus in himself?) and soteriology (what did he do as Saviour?). A number of notable, ecumenical documents on Christian ministry have also appeared. But in all this literature there is surprisingly little reflection on the priesthood of Christ, from which derives all ministry, whether the priesthood of all the faithful or ministerial priesthood. This present work aims to fill that gap by examining, in the light of the Scriptures and the Christian tradition, what it means to call Christ our priest. Beginning with a study of the biblical material, the book then moves to the witness to Christ's priesthood coming from the fathers of the Church, Thomas Aquinas, Luther and Calvin, the Council of Trent, the seventeenth-century 'French School', John Henry Newman, Tom Torrance and the Second Vatican Council. The two concluding chapters describe and define in twelve theses the key characteristics of Christ's priesthood and what sharing in that priesthood, through baptism and ordination, involves.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780191614637
Publisher:	OUP Oxford
Publication date:	03/18/2010
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	328
File size:	3 MB

About the Author

Now professor emeritus after teaching for 33 years at the Gregorian University (Rome), Gerald O'Collins, s.j., is known around the world as a visiting professor and popular lecturer. Thus far he has published 52 books, many of which have been translated into foreign languages. In 2006 he was appointed Companion of the Order of Australia (AC), the highest Australian civil award. In his writings and lectures he successfully combines profound scholarship with accessible language. After completing his doctoral studies at the Gregorian University, Michael Keenan Jones is now pastor of St Lawrence's Church, Huntington, Connecticut.

Table of Contents

1.The Jewish Matrix and the Gospels
2.Paul, 1 Peter, and Revelation
3.Hebrews on Christ's Priesthood
4.Four Questions for Hebrews
5.Some Church Fathers on Christ's Priesthood
6.Aquinas on Christ's Priesthood
7.Reformers and the Council of Trent on Christ's Priesthood
8.The French School on Christ's Priesthood
9.Newman, Barth, and Others on Christ's Priesthood
10.Twelve Theses on Christ's Priesthood
11.Sharing Christ's Priesthood
.Select Bibliography