Keywords
priesthood,
ministeriality
sacerdotalization
sacrament of order
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Abstract
In the two thousand years of Christian history a double movement can be detected in relation to the Church ministries; from ministerial diversity in the New Testament church to the sacerdotalization of the ministries, and from clerical exclusivism to the diversification of ministries outlined by the Second Vatican Council. For this reason, the New Testament texts that depict the organization of the community, together with the
data from history and the documents of the conciliar and postconciliar Magisterium constitute the main ingredient for this research and theological reflection, which becomes a challenge for the 21st century Church: the diversity of the Church ministries to the service of the communion and mission of the Church.
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