Holy Order: The Apostolic Ministry from the New Testament to the Second Vatican Council

by Aidan Nichols

Book by Nichols, Aidan

Genres: Theology, Church History, History, Religion

187 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1991

About the author

John Christopher "Aidan" Nichols O.P., S.T.M. (born 17 September 1948) is an English academic and Catholic priest.

Nichols served as the first John Paul II Memorial Visiting Lecturer at the University of Oxford for 2006 to 2008, the first lectureship of Catholic theology at that university since the Reformation. He is a member of the Order of Preachers (Dominicans) and is the Prior of St Michael the Archangel in Cambridge.

Reviews

[Michael Vidrine · Rating 3 out of 5]

Aiden Nichols is a very concise writer, and Holy Order is more historically focused than other works like it.

[Kevin de Ataíde · Rating 5 out of 5]

Beautiful little history of the Sacrament of Orders from the English Dominican, covering the expanse between the apostolic roots of the ministry and the affirmations of the Second Vatican Council. I've in the past found Fr. Nichol's writing style to be difficult to read, but this book presents the historical data very efficiently and he succeeds in presenting a unity of the Sacrament across all its different manifestations. Recommended for the Catholic who wants to know more about his or her priest and bishop.

[Stephen Fahrig · Rating 5 out of 5]

Another fine work from Aidan Nichols. Similar in structure and format to "The Holy Eucharist", "Holy Order" traces the origin and development of the Church's threefold ordained ministry of bishop, priest and deacon, from its beginnings in the ministry of Christ and the early Church to present-day understandings of the sacrament.

[Ryan · Rating 3 out of 5]

A reasonable (slightly "progressive") history of the sacrament of holy orders. On the whole, very helpful and well written.

[Clement House · Rating 5 out of 5]

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