Called to Communion : Understanding the Church Today

by Ratzinger, Joseph Cardinal; Walker, Adrian

• ISBN13: 9780898705782
• ISBN10: 0898705789
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1996-03-01
• Publisher: Ignatius Press

Summary

This is a book of wisdom and insight that explains how providential are the trials through which the Catholic Church is now passing. The need of the Papal Primacy to ensure Christian unity; the true meaning of the Priesthood as a sacrament and not a mere ministry; the necessity of the Eucharist as the Sacrifice of the Savior now offering Himself on our altars; the role of the Bishops as successors of the Apostles, united with the successor of St. Peter, the Bishop of Rome; the value of suffering in union with Christ crucified; the indispensable service of the laity in the apostolate - all these themes receive from Cardinal Ratzinger new clarity and depth.

Author Biography

Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger is the Prefect for the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith and Formerly Professor of Dogmatic Theology at the University of Regensburg.

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. 9
The Origin and Essence of the Church	p. 13
The Primacy of Peter and the Unity of the Church	p. 47
The Universal Church and the Particular Church: The Task of the Bishop	p. 75
On the Essence of the Priesthood	p. 105
A Company in Constant Renewal	p. 133
Epilogue: Party of Christ or Church of Jesus Christ?	p. 157
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