Members of One Body: Prophets, Priests and

This work presents the missionary focus of the Church as a kaleidoscopic communion of creative relationships between the members of Christ's Body sent forth to "proclaim the good news to every creature, " sustained by His promise to be with them and to work with them throughout until the end of time.

Foreword The Most Reverend Angelo Scola Rector, Lateran University, Rome President, John Paul II Institute for Studies in Marriage and Family

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Introduction The Reverend Monsignor Lorenzo Albacete Professor of Theology, St. Joseph Seminary, Dunwoodie, NY

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Author's Preface

xiii

PART ONE Vatican Council II: The Church as Mystery, Communion and Mission

The Church as Mystery

3

(26)

The ``Way'' of the Church

5

(4)

The Church as the Body of Christ

9

(2)

The Trinitarian Communio

11

(2)

The Church as Koinonia

13

(5)

The Church as Sacrament

18

(6)

Communio Ecclesiology

24

(5)

The Church as Communion

29

(26)

The Church: Body and Bride

31

(2)

The Whole and its Parts---Gregory of Nyssa

33

(6)

Spousal Love: Mutual Subjection in Christ---Mulieris Dignitatem

39

(4)

Marriage: The Sacrament of Divine-Human Communion

43

(12)

The Church as Mission

55

(34)

The Mission of Mediation

57

(4)

Lumen Gentium (November 21, 1964)

61

(10)

Gaudium et Spes (December 7, 1965)

71

(3)

Christifideles Laici (December 30, 1988)

74

(2)

Pastores Dabo Vobis (April 7, 1992)

76

(3)

Vita Consecrata (March 25, 1996)

79

(10)

PART TWO Post Conciliar Synods: The Church in Trinitarian Mission

Signs of Contradiction: Prophets in Mission

89

(30)

Christ---Prophet, Priest, and King

91

(5)

The Lay Faithful: Christ the Prophet

96

(8)

The Ministerial Priesthood: Christ the Teacher

104

(5)

Consecrated Religious: Christ the Poor Man

109

(10)

Redemptive Incarnation: Priests of Communion

119

(36)

Head and Body; Bridegroom and Bride

121

(4)

The Lay Faithful: Christ the Priest

125

(12)

The Ministerial Priesthood: Christ the Sanctifier

137

(9)

The Consecrated Life: Christ, the Chaste Man

146

(9)

The Missionary Church: Kings for Service

155

(32)

The Kingly Character of Humanity

157

(4)

The Lay Faithful: Christ the King

161

(7)

The Ministerial Priesthood: Christ the Shepherd King

168

(8)

The Consecrated Life: Christ the Obedient One

176

(11)

The Church: Communio Sanctorum

187

(28)

The Communion of Saints

189

(3)

The Corporate Christ---John Zizioulas

192

(3)

Two-in-One Flesh---Hans Urs von Balthasar

195

(9)

The Magnum Sacramentum Mysterium

204

(9)

The Marital Structure of Mater Ecclesia

213

(2)

Bibliography

215

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