Understanding the Diaconate : Historical, Theological, and Sociological Foundations /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: McKnight, W. Shawn, 1968- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Washington, D.C. : The Catholic University of America Press, [2018]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Catholic Church.
Église catholique > Doctrines.
Catholic Church > Doctrines.
Theology, Doctrinal.
Deacons > Catholic Church.
RELIGION > Christian Theology > History.
RELIGION > Christian Theology > Ecclesiology.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Theological foundations of the diaconate
  • Biblical Diakonia
  • The theology of the deacon in Lumen Gentium
  • The diaconate as Medius Ordo
  • Social mediation
  • Social mediation and the people of God
  • The witness of history
  • Precedents for the deacon as social intermediary
  • The transformation and decline of the diaconate
  • The deacon today
  • The deacon in the liturgy: an epiphany of service
  • Evaluating the structure of diaconal ministry today
  • Restructuring the diaconate as an intermediate institution.

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