The Assault on Priesthood

by Lawrence B. Porter

Book Overview

The concept and institution of priesthood in the Catholic Church has been the subject of serious challenge not only since the time of the Protestant Reformation but also, more recently, from within the Catholic Church, as the Second Vatican Council (1962-1965) and theologians afterward have reconsidered the place and function of priests in relation to both bishops and laity. In dialogue with those challenges, and by means of research into Scripture...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1610972929
• ISBN13: 9781610972925
• Release Date: July 2012
• Publisher: Wipf & Stock Publishers
• Length: 422 Pages
• Weight: 1.61 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 7.0" x 10.0"