Publisher's Note |
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Translator's Note |
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Introduction |
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TODAY'S PROBLEM OF A THEOLOGY OF LAITY |
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PART ONE |
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Chapter I WHAT IS A LAYMAN? |
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Chapter II POSITION OF A THEOLOGY OF LAITY |
28 |
Two aspects in the Church |
28 |
Tradition has energetically maintained both aspects together |
32 |
Exaggeration and alteration of the aspect of the Church as made by her members |
38 |
The treatise de Ecdesia in reaction, whence a certain one-sidedness |
42 |
Rediscoveries. Towards a more integral synthesis |
54 |
Chapter III POSITION OF THE LAITY |
59 |
KINGDOM, CHURCH AND WORLD |
59 |
The two states of Christ's priestly kingship |
72 |
A duality of Church and world in the earthly stage of Christ's kingly power |
79 |
HIERARCHY AND FAITHFUL PEOPLE |
108 |
PART TWO |
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Chapter IV THE LAITY AND THE CHURCH'S PRIESTLY FUNCTION |
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THE PRIESTLY FUNCTION IN THE CHRISTIAN ECONOMY |
121 |
Scriptural and Patristic data on the Christian System of priesthood |
129 |
(a) The priesthood of the faithful |
132 |
(b) The priesthood of the ministers |
145 |
Theological interpretation |
152 |
THE LAITY'S PART IN THE CHURCH'S PRIESTLY FUNCTION |
190 |
Chapter V THE LAITY AND THE CHURCH'S KINGLY FUNCTION |
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Kingship as form of life |
234 |
Kingship as power |
243 |
Chapter VI THE LAITY AND THE CHURCH'S PROPHETICAL FUNCTION |
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General principles |
272 |
Teaching activities of the laity |
294 |
Chapter VII THE LAITY AND THE CHURCH'S COMMUNAL LIFE |
324 |
Ecclesiological explanation |
324 |
Applications |
333 |
Chapter VIII THE LAITY AND THE CHURCH'S APOSTOLIC FUNCTION |
349 |
The apostleship of the faithful in history |
356 |
What Catholic Action is |
362 |
The duty of Catholic Action |
375 |
Forms of Catholic Action |
377 |
Priest and people in Catholic Action |
392 |
Chapter IX IN THE WORLD AND NOT OF THE WORLD |
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Lay Holiness Today |
401 |
Sanctification in the world |
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CONCLUSION |
452 |
APPENDIX I: GLOSSARY |
461 |
APPENDIX II: THE 'SENSUS FIDELIUM' IN THE FATHERS |
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APPENDIX III: SOME UTTERANCES OF THE CHURCH'S PASTORAL MAGISTERIUM CALLING ON CHRISTIANS TO BE ACTIVE IN THE WORK OF MANKIND |
468 |
Index |
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