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1 online resource (148 pages) |
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PREFACE; 1 THE MISSION OF GOD THAT SHAPES OUR MINISTRY; The totality of mission; The mission of God; The mission of the one Church; Mission and evangelization; The tasks of the Church; The word in mission; The sacraments in mission; Pastoral care in mission; 2 A MINISTRY SHAPED BY THE MISSION OF GOD; What is and what is not ministry?; Ministry in the New Testament; Ministry in focus; The ministry of Christ; Prophet, Priest and King; Representative ministry; Who represents whom?; An apostolic ministry in an apostolic community; Patterns of representation |
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3 ORDAINED TO A MINISTRY SHAPED BY MISSIONHoly Order; Representing Christ and the Church; Lay ministry; Ordained ministry; The diaconate: a flagship ministry; What is given in ordination?; Development and reform; REFERENCES; INDEX OF NAMES; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; W; Z |
| Summary |
The book falls into three symmetrical parts, each of which is subdivided (the subdivisions are listed in the analytical Contents, making a Subject Index redundant). The first part, 'The Mission of God that Shapes our Ministry', draws on the missiological insights of Karl Barth and the Second Vatican Council concerning the missio Dei and directly relates this theme to the tasks entrusted to the Church in 'The Great Commission' of Matthew 28: the ministry of the Word, the celebration of the sacraments and the exercise of pastoral responsibility. It shows how Christians share in the ministry of C |
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Print version record |
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Ministry mission
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Mission of the church.
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Pastoral theology.
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Religion.
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Religion
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religion (discipline)
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Mission of the church
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Pastoral theology
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Religion
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780567641182 |
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056764118X |
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