20.4.06

Theo 253
HOLY ORDERS (3 units)
Victor de Jesus, SJ, & Bp. Antonio Luis Tagle
, DD
Th 9:00–11:50 am


This studies the contemporary theology of ordained ministries and especially the presbyterate; the ordained ministries and the origins of the Christian Church; the emergence of the Catholic priesthood; Catholic priesthood in the Church’s magisterial teaching, especially in Trent, Vatican II and the Synod of 1971; outlines of a contemporary theology of the presbyterate, including current disputed questions.