| Publisher's Note |
v |
| Translator's Note |
x |
| Introduction |
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| TODAY'S PROBLEM OF A THEOLOGY OF LAITY |
xi |
| PART ONE |
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| Chapter I WHAT IS A LAYMAN? |
3 |
| 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 |
121 |
| 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 |
234 |
| Kingship as form of life |
234 |
| Kingship as power |
243 |
| Chapter VI THE LAITY AND THE CHURCH'S PROPHETICAL FUNCTION |
271 |
| 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 |
400 |
| Lay Holiness Today |
401 |
| Sanctification in the world |
420 |
| CONCLUSION |
452 |
| APPENDIX I: GLOSSARY |
461 |
| APPENDIX II: THE 'SENSUS FIDELIUM' IN THE FATHERS |
465 |
| 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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