A hermenêutica da continuidade do Ministério ordenado

• Autor(a) principal: Cordeiro, José Manuel
• Data de Publicação: 2010
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
• Texto Completo: https://doi.org/10.34632/didaskalia.2010.2284

The present article follows a diachronic and typological framework, on which to base the notion of ministeriality, showing a hermeneutic of the continuity of ordained ministry well defined in the local church with the figure of the bishop, surrounded by the priests and aided by the deacons, simultaneously emphasising the sacramental nature of ministry in union with Christ and the Church. This theological-liturgical study demonstrates that the differences in the laying on of hands are, in themselves, revealing of the different relationships between ministries. Thus the bishop is a member of the episcopal college, the priests the bishop’s council and members of the priesthood, and the deacon is at the service of the bishop. In truth, the sacrament of Order establishes an intimate relationship between liturgical celebration and the theology of the sacrament itself. From celebration is born ministry and, in its turn, ministry determines celebration. An understanding of the liturgy, as a celebration of the mysteries of faith ‘per ritus et preces’, makes it possible to attain the profound truth of the ordained ministries.