CCC 1549

Christian Mystery›SECTION TWO THE SEVEN SACRAMENTS OF THE CHURCH›CHAPTER THREE THE SACRAMENTS AT THE SERVICE OF COMMUNION›II. The Sacrament of Holy Orders in the Economy of Salvation

church

Entities

Church Episcopate God the Father Holy Orders Imago Dei Messiah

Topics

church, christ, holy, communion church, sin, day, bishop son, father, spirit, christ

Through the ordained ministry, especially that of bishops and priests, the presence of Christ as head of the Church is made visible in the midst of the community of believers. In the beautiful expression of St. Ignatius of Antioch, the bishop is typos tou Patros: he is like the living image of God the Father.

Footnotes

Cf. LG 21.
St. Ignatius of Antioch, Ad Trall. 3, 1: SCh 10, 96; cf. Ad Magn. 6, 1: SCh 10, 82-84.

Church Fathers (1)

Ignatius Antioch

Ecclesiastical Documents (2)

Lumen Gentium Sources Chretiennes

Lumen Gentium 21, Sources Chretiennes 10, 96

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