introduction: Ecclesial Hierarchy |
1 |
The Structure of the Book |
5 |
Gifting and Receptivity |
10 |
Hierarchy and the Church's Common Good |
15 |
Faith's Freedom |
20 |
Chapter 1: Hierarchical Priesthood and Trinitarian Communion |
23 |
Volf on Ratzinger and Zizioulas |
25 |
Critique of Ratzinger |
25 |
Critique of Zizioulas |
31 |
Aquinas on Church Structure and the Triune God |
39 |
Unity and Trinity in God |
39 |
Trinitarian Gifting and Receptivity |
45 |
Ecclesial Faith: The Pattern of Gifting/Receptivity |
47 |
Sacramental Mediation: The Pattern of Gifting/ Receptivity |
53 |
Conclusion |
56 |
Chapter 2: The Priesthood of Christ |
60 |
Contemporary Biblical Scholarship and Jesus' Priesthood |
67 |
N. T. Wright |
68 |
Steven M. Bryan |
74 |
Scot McKnight |
78 |
Brant Pitre |
82 |
Aquinas on the Priesthood of Jesus Christ |
86 |
Jesus the Priest |
86 |
The Hight Priest of the Letter to the Hebrews |
90 |
An Eschatological Action |
95 |
A Sacrificial Action |
101 |
A Sanctifying Action |
108 |
A Unitive Action |
116 |
Conclusion |
118 |
Chapter 3: The Priesthood of the First Christians |
120 |
Recent Historical Viewpoints: A Brief Overview |
122 |
James Burtchaell, csc |
122 |
Francis Sullivan |
128 |
The Apostolic Mandate in 1 Corinthians and the Gospel of Matthew |
135 |
1 Corinthians |
135 |
The Gospel of Matthew |
148 |
John D. Zizioulas and Thomas Aquinas |
156 |
John D. Zizioulas: The Eucharist and the Bishop |
157 |
Thomas Aquinas: Giving Christ's Gift |
164 |
Conclusion |
177 |
Chapter 4: Priority or Primacy in the Church |
183 |
Afanasiev and Clément: Beyond Juridicist "Universal Ecclesiology" |
187 |
Nicholas Afanasiev |
187 |
Olivier Clement |
198 |
Summary |
203 |
Aquinas on the Papacy |
205 |
The Papacy in the Summa Contra Gentiles |
205 |
The Papacy in the Summa Theologiae |
212 |
Conclusion |
221 |
Chapter 5: Sacramental Mediation |
225 |
Mendelssohn and Hamann: Posing the Problem |
234 |
Mendelssohn: Teaching Authority in the "Church" |
234 |
Hamann: The Overcoming of Sin |
240 |
Rosenzweig and Pseudo-Dionysius: Sacramental Mediation |
245 |
Rosenzweig and God's Action |
245 |
Pseudo-Dionysius: The Trinitarian Communication of Unity |
251 |
Imitating God's Fruitfulness: Aquinas's Dionysian Perspective |
263 |
Conclusion |
272 |
Conclusion: Hierarchy and Holiness |
278 |
Pheme Perkins and Nicholas M. Healy |
280 |
Hierarchy and the Theodrama |
287 |
An "Answer that We Ourselves Have Not Devised" |
292 |
Bibliography |
295 |
Index |
329 |