Married priests in the Catholic Church /edited by Adam A. J. DeVille.
Married priests in the Catholic Church /edited by Adam A. J. DeVille.
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Includes bibliographies and index.
Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction-Adam A. J. DeVille -- Part I. History Ancient and Modern -- One Priestly Celibacy-An Apostolic Tradition? The Theological Stakesof a Historical Argument -- Two From Antioch to America via Smyrna: Rethinking Married Priesthood and Parish Life with Ignatius, Alexis, and Polycarp -- Three Mandatory Celibacy among Eastern Catholics:A Church-Dividing Issue -- Part II. Canon Law East and West -- Four Canonical Reflections on Clergy and Marriage Five Recent Papal Pronouncements on the Admission of MarriedEastern Catholic Men to the Priesthood: An Ecumenical Issue -- Part III. Ecumenical Considerations -- Six Married Clergy in the Anglican Tradition -- Seven The Gift to the Church of Married Clergy -- Eight Official Catholic Pronouncements Regarding Presbyteral Celibacy:Their Fate and the Implications for Catholic-Orthodox Relations -- Part IV. Pastoral-Familial Life -- Nine Reflections on Two Vocations in Two Lungs of the One Church Ten Growing Up in a Rectory: Using Oikonomia to Answer the Tough Questions Posed by the Children of Priestly Families -- Eleven The Vocation of the Presbytera: Icon of the Theotokos in the Midstof the Ministerial Priesthood -- Twelve The Joys and Crosses of Clerical Families -- Thirteen Marriage and Ministry: An Eastern Orthodox Perspective -- Fourteen "What Did You Expect?" A Reflection on Married Clergyand Pastoral Ministry -- Part V. Theology -- Fifteen Celibacy and the Married Priesthood: Rediscovering the Spousal Mystery -- Sixteen Married Priests: At the Heart of Tradition Seventeen Married Priesthood: Some Theological "Resonances" -- Eighteen Conclusion: Toward a Theology of Married Priesthood -- Appendix 1. The Toronto Tempest-Victor Pospishil, -- Appendix 2. Recent Views on the Origins of Clerical Celibacy: A Review of the Literature from 1980 to 1991 -- Contributors -- Index
"Priestly celibacy and the possibility (and reality) of married Catholic priests has been greatly discussed in recent years, a fire fueled even more by the controversies around the Amazon Synod and Cardinal Sarah's public argument against having married priests. This book aims to show that the history of celibacy in the Catholic Church is far more complex, and far less univocal, than apologists for it have hitherto asserted. Having made the historical case against the idea that celibacy is somehow "apostolic," the book offers reflections on the life and unique vocation of married priests, including reflections on the role and experiences of the spouses and children of Catholic priests in both the Eastern Catholic as well as Latin (Roman) Catholic churches. There is a need for serious reflection and discussion on married priesthood in both its historical and theological-pastoral aspects-not least because more and more married priests are ordained in the Roman Catholic Church every year-converts from Anglicanism and Lutheranism especially. And then there are married Eastern Catholic priests whose presence in the Catholic Church remains one of its best kept secrets. The pastoral work of these men, and the collaboration of their wives and children, offer both a wealth of experience and challenges that the wider Catholic Church needs to know about-whether or not there is to be any change in the requirement of celibacy for Roman priests. This book tells those stories while also informing Roman Catholics of the unique challenges of a married priesthood. The result is a completely unique account, covering issues from a perspective that nobody else has done to date. It's essentially a handbook on the topic"--
9780268200084 9780268200114
Catholic Church--Clergy--Marriage.
Priests--Marriage.
Electronic Books.
BX1912 / .M377 2021
Includes bibliographies and index.
Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction-Adam A. J. DeVille -- Part I. History Ancient and Modern -- One Priestly Celibacy-An Apostolic Tradition? The Theological Stakesof a Historical Argument -- Two From Antioch to America via Smyrna: Rethinking Married Priesthood and Parish Life with Ignatius, Alexis, and Polycarp -- Three Mandatory Celibacy among Eastern Catholics:A Church-Dividing Issue -- Part II. Canon Law East and West -- Four Canonical Reflections on Clergy and Marriage Five Recent Papal Pronouncements on the Admission of MarriedEastern Catholic Men to the Priesthood: An Ecumenical Issue -- Part III. Ecumenical Considerations -- Six Married Clergy in the Anglican Tradition -- Seven The Gift to the Church of Married Clergy -- Eight Official Catholic Pronouncements Regarding Presbyteral Celibacy:Their Fate and the Implications for Catholic-Orthodox Relations -- Part IV. Pastoral-Familial Life -- Nine Reflections on Two Vocations in Two Lungs of the One Church Ten Growing Up in a Rectory: Using Oikonomia to Answer the Tough Questions Posed by the Children of Priestly Families -- Eleven The Vocation of the Presbytera: Icon of the Theotokos in the Midstof the Ministerial Priesthood -- Twelve The Joys and Crosses of Clerical Families -- Thirteen Marriage and Ministry: An Eastern Orthodox Perspective -- Fourteen "What Did You Expect?" A Reflection on Married Clergyand Pastoral Ministry -- Part V. Theology -- Fifteen Celibacy and the Married Priesthood: Rediscovering the Spousal Mystery -- Sixteen Married Priests: At the Heart of Tradition Seventeen Married Priesthood: Some Theological "Resonances" -- Eighteen Conclusion: Toward a Theology of Married Priesthood -- Appendix 1. The Toronto Tempest-Victor Pospishil, -- Appendix 2. Recent Views on the Origins of Clerical Celibacy: A Review of the Literature from 1980 to 1991 -- Contributors -- Index
"Priestly celibacy and the possibility (and reality) of married Catholic priests has been greatly discussed in recent years, a fire fueled even more by the controversies around the Amazon Synod and Cardinal Sarah's public argument against having married priests. This book aims to show that the history of celibacy in the Catholic Church is far more complex, and far less univocal, than apologists for it have hitherto asserted. Having made the historical case against the idea that celibacy is somehow "apostolic," the book offers reflections on the life and unique vocation of married priests, including reflections on the role and experiences of the spouses and children of Catholic priests in both the Eastern Catholic as well as Latin (Roman) Catholic churches. There is a need for serious reflection and discussion on married priesthood in both its historical and theological-pastoral aspects-not least because more and more married priests are ordained in the Roman Catholic Church every year-converts from Anglicanism and Lutheranism especially. And then there are married Eastern Catholic priests whose presence in the Catholic Church remains one of its best kept secrets. The pastoral work of these men, and the collaboration of their wives and children, offer both a wealth of experience and challenges that the wider Catholic Church needs to know about-whether or not there is to be any change in the requirement of celibacy for Roman priests. This book tells those stories while also informing Roman Catholics of the unique challenges of a married priesthood. The result is a completely unique account, covering issues from a perspective that nobody else has done to date. It's essentially a handbook on the topic"--
9780268200084 9780268200114
Catholic Church--Clergy--Marriage.
Priests--Marriage.
Electronic Books.
BX1912 / .M377 2021