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A companion to priesthood and Holy Orders in the Middle Ages

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In A Companion to Priesthood and Holy Orders in the Middle Ages , a select group of scholars explain the rise and function of priests and deacons in the Middle Ages. Though priests were sometimes viewed through the lens of function, the medieval priesthood was also defined ontologically–those marked by God who performed the sacraments and confected the Eucharist. While their role grew in importance, medieval priests continued to fulfil the role of preacher, confessor and provider of pastoral care. As the concept of ordination changed theologically the practices and status of bishops, priests and deacons continued to be refined, with many of these medieval discussions continuing to the present day.

Title A companion to priesthood and Holy Orders in the Middle Ages / edited by Greg Peters, C. Colt Anderson.
Publisher Boston : Brill
Creation Date [2016]
Notes Description based upon print version of record.
English
Content Preliminary Material / Greg Peters and C. Colt Anderson -- Introduction / Greg Peters -- Apostolic Successors: Priests and Priesthood, Bishops, and Episcopacy in Medieval Western Europe / Robert N. Swanson -- Ordinatio and the Priesthood in the Early Middle Ages and Its Visual Depiction / Roger E. Reynolds -- Priesthood in the Byzantine Empire / Augustine Casiday -- Married Clergy in Eastern and Western Christianity / David G. Hunter -- The Imago Christi in the Bishop, Priest, and Clergy / Roger E. Reynolds -- Priests and the Eucharist in the Middle Ages / John F. Romano -- The Priesthood and the Sacrament of Marriage / Charles J. Reid -- Teaching Confession in Thirteenth-Century England: Priests and Laity / Andrew Reeves -- Reforming Priests and the Diverse Rhetorics of Ordination and Office from 1123–1418 / C. Colt Anderson -- The Radical Renewal of Pastoral Care in the Italian Communes, 1150–1250: Prelates, Secular Clergy, and the Mendicant Orders / Michael F. Cusato -- From Function to Ontology: The Shifting Diaconate of the Middle Ages / William T. Ditewig -- Ancient Sources Index / Greg Peters and C. Colt Anderson -- Scripture Index / Greg Peters and C. Colt Anderson -- Modern Author Index / Greg Peters and C. Colt Anderson -- Subject Index / Greg Peters and C. Colt Anderson.
Series Brill's companions to the Christian tradition, 1871-6377
Volume 62
Extent 1 online resource (399 p.)
Language English
Copyright Date ©2016
National Library system number 997010719361305171
MARC RECORDS
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