Beyond Priests
The Future of Ministry in the Catholic Church
Published on 18. February 2025
144 pages
979-8-8818-6023-3 (ISBN)
Description
Beyond Priests contends that the requirements of the clerical priesthood of the Catholic Church-that all priests must be male, and that all priests must be celibate-is a gross distortion of scripture and the church's early history that must be changed. While the roots of the modern priesthood go back to the fourth century and even more remotely to the presbyters or elders who advised local bishops in the early church, the contemporary priestly model is very much the product of seventeenth-century French reformers acting to apply a 1563 decree on the priesthood of the Council of Trent. The present-day priestly model has increasingly become harmful, even toxic, not only to priests themselves, but to the ministry and the Catholic community. Based on the historical analysis, Beyond Priests outlines a whole new way of approaching ministry and leadership that is in tune with contemporary needs, is inclusive of women and men, and is more authentically derived from the New Testament and the early church.
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Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Illustrations
1 BW Photo
File size
1,73 MB
ISBN-13
979-8-8818-6023-3 (9798881860233)
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Person
Paul Collins is a former parish priest, broadcaster, historian, and writer. He is the author of including Absolute Power: How the Pope Became the Most Influential Man in the World (2018), The Birth of the West: Rome, Germany, France, and the Creation of Europe in the Tenth Century (2013), and Judgment Day: The Struggle for life on Earth (2010) and many other books. His articles and essays have appeared in the London Tablet, National Catholic Reporter, and magazines across Australia, Germany, Austria, and Italy. Collins resides in Canberra, Australia.
Content
ONE - The Problem of Clericalism
TWO - Priesthood from the New Testament to the Reformation
THREE - Origins of the Present Model of the Priesthood Part 1: CELIBACY, THE COUNCIL OF TRENT AND PIERRE DE BERULLE
FOUR - Origins of the Present Model of the Priesthood, Part 2. JEAN-JACQUES OLIER AND LOUIS TRONSON
FIVE - A New Interpretation of Ministry. John N. Collins on Diakonia
SIX - The Contemporary Priesthood and Ministry
SEVEN - Where to from Here?
EIGHT- Important Conclusions
Notes
Bibliography
Index
About the Author
TWO - Priesthood from the New Testament to the Reformation
THREE - Origins of the Present Model of the Priesthood Part 1: CELIBACY, THE COUNCIL OF TRENT AND PIERRE DE BERULLE
FOUR - Origins of the Present Model of the Priesthood, Part 2. JEAN-JACQUES OLIER AND LOUIS TRONSON
FIVE - A New Interpretation of Ministry. John N. Collins on Diakonia
SIX - The Contemporary Priesthood and Ministry
SEVEN - Where to from Here?
EIGHT- Important Conclusions
Notes
Bibliography
Index
About the Author
