Bogoslovska smotra, Vol. 92 No. 3, 2022.
Original scientific paper
https://doi.org/10.53745/bs.92.3.3
The Sacrament of Baptism and the Sacrament of Holy Orders. The Relation Between the Baptismal and Ministerial Priesthood in Patristics and in the Documents of the Second Vatican Council
Josip Knežević
orcid.org/0000-0001-9819-463X
; Catholic Faculty of Theology, University of Sarajevo, Sarajevo, Bosna and Herzegovina
Abstract
The article aims to show the relation between the baptismal and ministerial priesthood as two forms of carrying out Christ’s unique priesthood. According to Church fathers and Church writers, these two forms are founded in the sacraments of baptism and holy orders. Hence, the article will present their testimonies on Christ’s priesthood and on the baptismal and ministerial priesthood. After that, the article will address the Second Vatican Council that returned to the roots, i.e., to the Church tradition, when it comes to this topic. In this way, the Council brought back to life the baptismal priesthood that has been forgotten during the counter-reformation. In that context, the author deals with the topics of the relation between the baptismal and ministerial priesthood, their differences and unity.
Keywords
Christ’s, baptismal, and ministerial priesthood; patristics; Second Vatican Council.
Hrčak ID:
295705
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Publication date:
15.3.2023.
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