LITURGIJSKE SLIKE PREZBITERSKE SLUŽBE. TEOLOŠKI NAGLASCI IZ LITURGIJE REĐENJA
LITURGICAL IMAGES OF THE PRESBYTERY. THEOLOGICAL EMPHASES FROM THE LITURGY OF ORDINATION

Summary/Abstract: The author attempts to offer liturgical comprehension of the presbytery and spirituality on the basis of the selected paragraphs from the euchology of priestly ordination and in accordance with the mystagogical reading of certain ritual elements. Hermeneutic approach to authentic euchological context of the words »dignitas« and »spiritum sanctitas« points to a comprehension of the presbytery as being always in serving relation to the people of God and to episcopal service. It is of great value to notice the attempt at analysing the speech about the priest’s dignity, taking as the starting point the primeval »divine dignity« given to man by the act of creation and renewed by the Christ’s act of redemption. The priest is a servant of that dignity, with a mission to continue the priesthood of Christ, ie bring people to dignity that is in Christ given to all. It is from that dignity and mission that one can read the distinctiveness of priestly spirituality that originated precisely from the priestly ministry.

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