The Permanent Diaconate: Its History and Place in the Sacrament of Orders

by Kenan B. Osborne

Publisher:

Paulist Press

, 2007

Overview

In a tour-de-force performance, renowned Franciscan theologian Fr. Kenan B. Osborne brings all three of the holy orders of the Church—the diaconate, the presbyterate, and the episcopate—into focus through the lens of post-Vatican II sacramental and systematic theology. Osborne posits that one cannot study the renewed permanent diaconate in the Roman Catholic Church without understanding the renewal of the order of priests and bishops as well. This is an excellent guide to grasping the essence of Vatican II, as well as the basis for the restoration of the diaconate in the Latin Church.

Contents

Top Highlights

“The text of Lumen gentium 21.b immediately mentions sacramental character: ‘and the sacred character [is] so impressed’ on the bishop who is being ordained. For centuries the theology of sacramental character has been described, disputed, redescribed and redisputed.” (Page 60)

Product Details

• Title: The Permanent Diaconate: Its History and Place in the Sacrament of Orders
• Author: Kenan B. Osborne
• Publisher: Paulist Press
• Print Publication Date: 2007
• Logos Release Date: 2015
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
• Subject: Deacons › Catholic Church
• ISBNs: 9780809144488, 0809144484
• Resource ID: LLS:PRMNNTDCNT
• Resource Type: Monograph
• Metadata Last Updated: 2024-03-25T20:39:58Z

About Kenan B. Osborne

A scholar and teacher of international repute, Kenan is in a league of his own. With a remarkable sense of mission he is continually writing books, educating students and general readers about the spiritual life. Ceaselessly traveling and lecturing, he brings the words of the Gospel and Saint Francis to an international audience. A spirited and animated teacher, students at FST have been crowding into his popular classes since 1967. In recent years he has traveled and taught in mainland China, learning the language in order to unite the Christian ways of thinking with Asian ways of thought. Having served in every conceivable capacity from local chaplain to international lecturer, Kenan Osborne has, in the truest sense, been the bridge between the old, pre-Vatican II world and the contemporary global village we now inhabit. Selected Course Descriptions The Problem of God We consider the various understandings of God which the Christian church has developed over the centuries and we consider the challenges which contemporary science, philosophy, and atheism have raised. Time is also given to the multi-cultural issues of a theology of God and the relationship of Christian views with world religions. Perspectives in Theology A discussion of the major contemporary theological issues: theology and the modern world, theology and science, theology and world religions. An introduction to methodologies, presuppositions, the magesterium, philosophical thought sources and scripture. Christology A look at the Jewishness of Jesus, the Jesus community of the apostolic period, the christological doctrines in the early church, the infancy narratives, the death and resurrection of Jesus along with contemporary liberation theologies: Latin American, feminist and multi-cultural. Curiculum Vitae Download here Articles Articles in: * Journal of Ecumenical Studies * The New Catholic Encyclopedia * Worship, Chicago Studies * Der Mensch als Bild Gottes * Ecclesia-Leiturgia-Ministerium * The Christian Century * Ecumenical Trends * The New Dictionary of Theology * Dictionary of the Middle Ages * and many others.