Theology and Function — The Ministry of the Word in the Uniting Church in Australia
Recent ecumenical discussion on ministry has tended to emphasise the sign-value of the ordained ministry. This is particularly so in statements concerning episcopacy, but also with respect to presbyteral and diaconal ministry. Close attention is being paid to ‘sacramental’ aspects of ordination and...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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1986
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Scottish journal of theology
Year: 1986, Volume: 39, Issue: 1, Pages: 109-119 |
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| Summary: | Recent ecumenical discussion on ministry has tended to emphasise the sign-value of the ordained ministry. This is particularly so in statements concerning episcopacy, but also with respect to presbyteral and diaconal ministry. Close attention is being paid to ‘sacramental’ aspects of ordination and ordained ministry in both ‘Catholic’ and ‘Protestant’ circles. And certainly there is good reason to examine the subject of ministry in terms of sign-value, if not in terms of ‘sacramentality’. But the question is being asked, shyly by some and more stridently by others: We can see what ministers represent, we can even see the sign-value of bishops, but what are they supposed to do? |
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| ISSN: | 1475-3065 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Scottish journal of theology
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1017/S0036930600044689 |