The Permanent Diaconate: Its History and Place in the Sacrament of Orders

by Kenan B. Osborne and Kenan B. Osborne OFM

Among the landmark accomplishments of the second Vatican Council was the restoration of the order of permanent deacons, which had languished since the early middle ages. In THE PERMANENT DIACONATE, renowned Franciscan theologian Kenan B. Osborne demonstrates that one cannot study the renewed order of permanent deacons within the Catholic Church without understanding the renewal of the Order of Priests and Bishops as well. He accomplishes this by bringing...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0809144484
• ISBN13: 9780809144488
• Release Date: March 2007
• Publisher: Paulist Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.5" x 9.0"