| 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 |