The «Cursus Honorum»: A Study of the Origins and Evolution of Sequential Ordination (Patristic Studies) - Hardcover

Gibaut, John St.H.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0820445924 ISBN 13: 9780820445922

Publisher: Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers, 2000

Synopsis

The term cursus honorum describes sequential ordination through the grades of the Church’s ministry. While the cursus honorum has long been an assumed part of ordination practice, there are contemporary calls for its reassessment. This study of sequential ordination, from the first century to the twentieth, draws on evidence from conciliar legislation, papal letters and decretals, canonistic collections, ordination liturgies, theological literature, and biographies, largely from the Latin West. The historical sources provide ample precedent for a reassessment of the practice in the life of the contemporary Church.

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About the Author

The Author: John St. H. Gibaut is Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Theology at Saint Paul University, Ottawa. He received his Th.D. in liturgy conjointly from Trinity College and the University of Toronto in 1994. He has written numerous articles on liturgy, the development of ordained ministry, and ecumenism.

Edition details

• Publisher: Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers
• Publication date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0820445924
• ISBN 13: 9780820445922
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 358