PREFACE.....................................................................................................................
v
BAPTISM
I. THE
INSTITUTION OF BAPTISM ............................................................................
1
II. THE MEANING
OF BAPTISM
.................................................................................
1
A.
Participation in Christ’s Death and Resurrection......................................................
1
B. Conversion,
Pardoning and Cleansing
.................................................................... 1
C. The Gift of
the Spirit
................................................................................................
2
D.
Incorporation into the Body of Christ
....................................................................... 2
E. The Sign of
the Kingdom
.........................................................................................
2
III. BAPTISM
AND
FAITH.............................................................................................
3
IV. BAPTISMAL
PRACTICE.........................................................................................
3
A. Baptism of
Believers and Infants
............................................................................. 3
B.
Baptism—Chrismation—Confirmation
..................................................................... 5
C. Towards
Mutual Recognition of Baptism .................................................................
5
V. THE
CELEBRATION OF
BAPTISM.........................................................................
6
EUCHARIST
I. THE
INSTITUTION OF THE
EUCHARIST................................................................ 8
II. THE MEANING
OF THE EUCHARIST
.................................................................... 8
A. The
Eucharist as Thanksgiving to the Father
.......................................................... 9
B. The
Eucharist as Anamnesis or Memorial of Christ
................................................. 9
C. The
Eucharist as Invocation of the Spirit ................................................................
11
D. The
Eucharist as Communion of the Faithful
......................................................... 12
E. The
Eucharist as Meal of the Kingdom ...................................................................
13
III. THE
CELEBRATION OF THE EUCHARIST ..........................................................
13
MINISTRY
I. THE CALLING
OF THE WHOLE PEOPLE OF GOD................................................ 16
II. THE CHURCH
AND THE ORDAINED MINISTRY .................................................. 17
A. The Ordained
Ministry
............................................................................................
17
B. Ordained
Ministry and Authority .............................................................................
19
C. Ordained
Ministry and
Priesthood...........................................................................
20
D. The Ministry
of Men and Women in the Church ....................................................
20
III. THE FORMS
OF THE ORDAINED MINISTRY ....................................................
21
A. Bishops,
Presbyters and
Deacons.........................................................................
21
B. Guiding
Principles for the Exercise of the Ordained Ministry in the Church ......... 23
C. Functions of
Bishops, Presbyters and
Deacons.................................................... 24
D. Variety of
Charisms................................................................................................
25
IV. SUCCESSION
IN THE APOSTOLIC TRADITION ............................................... 25
A. Apostolic
Tradition in the
Church...........................................................................
25
B. Succession
of the Apostolic
Ministry......................................................................
26
V.
ORDINATION.........................................................................................................
27
A. The Meaning
of Ordination.....................................................................................
27
B. The Act of
Ordination..............................................................................................
28
C. The
Conditions for Ordination ................................................................................
28
VI. TOWARDS THE
MUTUAL RECOGNITION OF THE ORDAINED
MINISTRIES
................................................................................................................
29
APPENDIX
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