Why Priests? A Failed Tradition

In a riveting and provocative tour de force from the author of What Jesus Meant, Pulitzer Prize winner Garry Wills poses the challenging question: Why did the priesthood develop in a religion that began without it and, indeed, was opposed to it? Why Priests? argues brilliantly and persuasively for a radical re-envisioning of the role of the church as the Body of Christ and for a new and better …

Priests for Tomorrow: A Plea for Teams of "Corinthian Priests" in the Parishes

Edisi

First Published

ISBN/ISSN

971-501-983-8

Deskripsi Fisik

vii + 84 pgs.; 21 cm.

Judul Seri

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No. Panggil

262.14 LOB p

The Priest As Person

This book attempts to construct a philosophy of the priesthood, an endeavor that may seem strange to some. After all, philosophy, many priests will recall from their days as seminarians, was a dry, abstract discipline that was supposed to be the handmaiden of theology. Philosophy was anything but practical. Indeed its professors and proponents seemed to glory in its impracticality and its extre…