Contents
Foreword by Brian E. Daley, SJ
Preface
Acknowledgments
Abbreviations
Introduction
Part 1. Historical Perspectives on Religious Priesthood
1. Monastic Priesthood
2. Priesthood among the Mendicants
3. Priesthood in Apostolic Congregations
Part 2. Religious Priesthood at and after Vatican II
4. Vatican II on the Priesthood
5. Religious Life and Religious Priests
Part 3. Hans Urs von Balthasar’s Theology of Vocations and States of Life
6. Key Concepts in Balthasar’s Theology of Vocations
7. Balthasar’s Christological and Trinitarian Ana-Logic of Vocations
8. The Apostles John and Paul as Images of Religious Priesthood
Part 4. Marks of Religious Priesthood
9. Religious Priesthood and Signification
10. Religious Priesthood and Mediation between Charism and Institution
11. Religious Priesthood’s Extraparochial and Transdiocesan Mission
12. Religious Priesthood and Ministerial Identity: The Munera
Bibliography
Index