TH 403: Order and Ministries

A scriptural, historical and theological study of order and ministries in the Church. Attention will be given to current Scriptural exegesis, the development of tradition through the Fathers, the Scholastics, the Tridentine period and Vatican II. Contemporary issues on the priesthood especially in Africa will also be addressed.

Bibliography

• Nichols, Aidan, Holy Order: the apostolic ministry from the New Testament to the Second Vatican Council. Dublin: Veritas, 1990; Ignatius Press, 1991.
• Brown, Raymond, Priest and Bishop: Biblical reflections. N.Y.: Paulist Press, 1970
• Lienhard, Joseph T., Message of the Fathers of the Church: Ministry. Wilmington: M. Glazier, 1984
• Levering, Matthew, On the priesthood: classic and contemporary texts. Rowman & Littlefield, 2003
• Thomas Aquinas, S.T., III q.22; CG IV:74-77; S.T. II-II q.184:5-8; q. 185; Suppl. Qq. 34-40. (see on this CD)
• Vatican II: Optatam totius
• Vatican II: Presbyterorum ordinis
• John Paul II: Pastores dabo vobis
• Benedict XVI, Apostolic succession, Wednesday Audience, 10 May 2006
• Benedict XVI, Ordination homily, 7-5-06
• Benedict XVI, Peter the Rock, 7-6-06
• Akinwale, Anthony, O.P., "With Saint Thomas as teacher: Priestly formation in the light of the Second Vatican Council," chapter for book edited by Matthew Lamb on Vatican II.

Study questions for comprehensive exam
Discuss the emergence and implications of the triple role of teacher, pastor, leader of worship in the Catholic priesthood/episcopacy.
Discuss the relationship between diaconate, priesthood and episcopacy from a historical and a theological point of view.

Calendar

1. Introduction
2. Scripture: Raymond Brown, Priest and bishop; Aidan Nichols, ch. 1
3. Apostolic Fathers: Clement, Ignatius of Antioch, Didache, Polycarp, Justin, Hippolytus, Didascalia apostolorum (in Lienhard and "Fathers")
4. Eastern Fathers: Origen, Gregory Nazianzan, John Chrysostom, Theodore of Mopsuestia, Ps-Eusebius of Alexandria (in Lienhard)
5. Western Fathers: Tertullian, Cyprian, Ambrose (Letters; Duties of the Clergy, Book II, chs 24-28), Jerome, Augustine, Siricius, Gregory the Great (Book II, ch. 6)(in Lienhard and "Fathers")
6. Later writers: Bernard, Catherine of Siena, Thomas More, Jane de Chantal, Jean-Jacques Olier, Newman (in Levering)
7. Summa theologiae, III, q. 22; Contra gentiles, IV, 74-77. (above on this CD)
8. Summa theologiae, II-II, q. 184:5-8; q. 185; Suppl. qq. 34-40 (above on this CD)
9. Suppl. cont. (above on this CD)
10. Vatican II
11. Vatican II cont. and John Paul II (JPII in Levering)
12. Round-up