From the depths of our hearts : priesthood, celibacy and the crisis of the Catholic Church /
Benedict XVI, Pope, 1927-
From the depths of our hearts : priesthood, celibacy and the crisis of the Catholic Church / Benedict XVI and Robert Cardinal Sarah ; translated by Michael J. Miller. - 148 pages ; 21 cm
Originally published as "Des profondeurs de nos cœurs": Paris : Librarie Arthème Fayard, ©2020.
Editor's note -- What do you fear? / The Catholic priesthood / Loving to the end: an ecclesiological and pastoral look at priestly celibacy / In the shadow of the cross / Introduction by the two authors -- by Benedict XVI -- by Robert Cardinal Smith -- Conclusion by the two authors. I. II.
"Responding to calls for refashioning the priesthood, including proposals from the Amazonian Synod, two ... pastors explain the biblical and spiritual role of the priesthood, celibacy, and genuine priestly ministry. Drawing on Vatican II, they present priestly celibacy as more than 'a mere precept of ecclesiastical law.' They insist that renewal of the Church is bound to a renewed understanding of priestly vocation as sharing in Jesus' priestly identity as Bridegroom of the Church"--Publisher marketing.
Translated from the French.
9781621644149 1621644146
2020930631
Catholic Church--Clergy.
Catholic Church--Doctrines.
Celibacy--Catholic Church.
Sexual abstinence--Religious aspects--Catholic Church.
From the depths of our hearts : priesthood, celibacy and the crisis of the Catholic Church / Benedict XVI and Robert Cardinal Sarah ; translated by Michael J. Miller. - 148 pages ; 21 cm
Originally published as "Des profondeurs de nos cœurs": Paris : Librarie Arthème Fayard, ©2020.
Editor's note -- What do you fear? / The Catholic priesthood / Loving to the end: an ecclesiological and pastoral look at priestly celibacy / In the shadow of the cross / Introduction by the two authors -- by Benedict XVI -- by Robert Cardinal Smith -- Conclusion by the two authors. I. II.
"Responding to calls for refashioning the priesthood, including proposals from the Amazonian Synod, two ... pastors explain the biblical and spiritual role of the priesthood, celibacy, and genuine priestly ministry. Drawing on Vatican II, they present priestly celibacy as more than 'a mere precept of ecclesiastical law.' They insist that renewal of the Church is bound to a renewed understanding of priestly vocation as sharing in Jesus' priestly identity as Bridegroom of the Church"--Publisher marketing.
Translated from the French.
9781621644149 1621644146
2020930631
Catholic Church--Clergy.
Catholic Church--Doctrines.
Celibacy--Catholic Church.
Sexual abstinence--Religious aspects--Catholic Church.