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This series on the seven Sacraments provides readers with a deeper
appreciation of God's gifts and call in the Sacraments through a
renewed encounter with God's Word. In this volume, a leading
Catholic scholar offers a biblical theology of the priesthood
rooted in the Old and New Testaments. Half a millennium after the
Protestant Reformation and in the midst of an ongoing clerical
crisis in the Catholic Church, this book presents a comprehensive
biblical vision and defense of the sacramental priesthood and an
informed theological response to the problem of priestly sin. It
gives expression to the ministerial priesthood's biblically
grounded, sacramental share in the sacrificial ministry of Jesus
Christ. Series editors are Timothy C. Gray and John Sehorn. Gray is
president of the Augustine Institute, which has one million
subscribers to its online content channel, Formed.org. Gray and
Sehorn teach at the Augustine Institute Graduate School of
Theology, which prepares students for Christian mission through
on-campus and distance education programs.
*Winner of the James S. Donnelly, Sr. Prize 2022* In Ireland, 2018,
a constitutional ban that equated the life of a woman to the life
of a fertilised embryo was overturned and abortion was finally
legalised. This victory for the Irish Repeal movement set the
country alight with euphoria. But, for some, the celebrations were
short-lived - the new legislation turned out to be one of the most
conservative in Europe. People still travel overseas for abortions
and services are not yet fully commissioned in Northern Ireland.
This book traces the history of the origins of the Eighth
Amendment, which was drawn up in fear of a tide of liberal reforms
across Europe. It draws out the lessons learned from the
groundbreaking campaign in 2018, which was the culmination of a
35-year-long reproductive rights movement and an inspiring example
of modern grassroots activism. It tells the story of the 'Repeal'
campaign through the lens of the activists who are still fighting
in a movement that is only just beginning.
Astonishingly relevant portraits of the lives of seven women mystics Known to more than a million readers as the coauthor of the classic vegetarian cookbook Laurel's Kitchen, Carol Lee Flinders looks to the hunger of the spirit in Enduring Grace. In these striking and sustaining depictions of seven remarkable women, Flinders brings to life a chorus of wisdom from the past that speaks with remarkable relevance to our contemporary spiritual quests. From Clare of Assisi in the Middle East to Thérèse of Lisieux in the late nineteenth century, Flinders's compelling and refreshingly informal portraits reveal a common foundation of conviction, courage, and serenity in the lives of these great European Catholic mystics. Their distinctly female voices enrich their writings on the experience of the inner world, the nourishing role of friendship and community in our lives, and on finding our true work. At its heart, Enduring Grace is a living testament to how we can make peace with sorrow and disappointment and bring joy and transcendence into our lives.
This volume deals with the problem of State and Church in the
Middle Ages from a new angle. It not only shows how and why the
medieval popes pursued a policy of world domination, but also
discloses the ideas by which the papal monarchs were primarily
influenced.
* Equips readers including criminal justice students and justice
system agents, as well as clergy and lay people, with knowledge
regarding sex crimes and sexual offenders so they can better
recognize potential sexual exploitation in church settings. * Ideal
as a primary or supplementary text in a criminal justice curriculum
or in religious colleges and seminaries preparing clergy and church
leaders. * Offers a unique in-depth review of the vulnerabilities
associated with church environments and sexual crimes.
Back by popular demand, the bestselling Politically Incorrect
Guides provide an unvarnished, unapologetic overview of
controversial topics every American should understand. The
Politically Incorrect Guide to Catholicism refutes
misrepresentations and misconceptions about the Catholic Church and
separates rumor from truth when it comes to Catholic traditions,
faith, and controversial leaders.
Rethinking Catholicism in Renaissance Spain claims that theology
and canon law were decisive for shaping ideas, debates, and
decisions about key political and religious problems in Renaissance
Spain. This book studies Catholic thought during the Spanish
Renaissance, with the various contributors specifically exploring
the ecclesiology and heresiology of the period. Today, these two
subjects are considered to be strictly branches of theology, but at
the time, they were also dealt with in the field of canon law. Both
ecclesiology, which studied the internal structure of the Church,
and heresiology, which identified theological errors, played an
important role in shaping ideas, debates, and decisions concerning
the major political and religious problems of the late medieval and
early modern periods. In contrast to the conventional monolithic
view of Spanish Catholic thought on ecclesiastical matters, the
chapters in this book demonstrate that there was a wide spectrum of
ideas in the field of theology and canon law. The topics analyzed
include Church and Crown relations, diplomatic controversies,
doctrinal debates on slavery, ecclesiological disputes in dialogue
with the Council of Trent, and theories for distinguishing heresies
and repressing them. This book will be essential reading for those
interested in disciplines such as Church history, political
history, and the history of political and legal thought.
St. Joseph picture books. A golden treasury of the Catholic Faith.
The Stations Of The Cross.
This book offers a new perspective on the often-overlooked lives of
lay women in the English Roman Catholic Church. It explores how
over a century ago in England some exceptional Catholic lay women
– Margaret Fletcher, Maude Petre, Radclyffe Hall, and Mabel
Batten - negotiated non-traditional family lives and were actively
practicing their faith, while not adhering to perceived structures
of femininity, power, and sexuality. Focusing on c. 1880-1930, a
time of dynamism and change in both England and the Church, these
remarkable women represent a rethinking of what it meant to be a
lay women in the English Roman Catholic Church. Their pious
transgressions demonstrate the multiplicity of ways lay women
powerfully asserted aspects of their faith while contravening
boundaries traditionally assumed for them in an ostensibly
patriarchal religion. In fact, the Church could be a place for
expressions of unconventional religiosity and reinterpretations of
womanhood and domesticity. Connecting together the lives of these
women for the first time, this work fills a lacuna in the
scholarship of modern Catholic and gender history. Drawing from
private collections and numerous archives, it illustrates the
surprising range of modes of Lived Catholicism and devotion to
faith. Students and scholars of Catholicism, gender, and LGBTQIA+
studies will find significant merit in a book that assigns lay
women a more prominent role in the English Catholic Church and
offers examples of the flexibility of Roman Catholicism.
This book identifies both the consistencies and disparities between
Catholic Social Teaching and the United Nation's (UN) Sustainable
Development Goals (SDGs). With Pope Francis' Laudato si'
encyclical, Catholicism seems to be engaging more than ever with
environmental and developmental concerns. However, there remains
the question of how these theological statements will be put into
practice. The ongoing involvement of the Catholic Church in social
matters makes it a significant potential partner in issues around
development. Therefore, with the use of the comparative method,
this book brings together authors from multiple disciplines to
assess how the political and legal aspects of each of the UN's 17
SDGs are addressed by Catholic Social Teaching. Chapters answer the
question of how the Catholic Church evaluates the concept of
sustainable development as defined by the Agenda 2030 Goals, as
well as assessing how and if it can contribute to shaping the
contemporary concept of global development. Examining the potential
level of cooperation between the international community and the
Catholic Church in the implementation of the Agenda 2030 Goals,
this volume will be of keen interest to scholars of Catholic
Studies, Religious Studies and the Sociology of Religion, as well
as Environmental Studies and Development Studies.
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