The catholicity of ordained ministry in the Anglican Communion

This book explores one aspect of the ongoing
validity of orders debate within the Anglican
Communion. While exploring the nature of Holy
Orders, it asks why the Communion or elements
within the Communion continues to regard the
recognition of its Holy Orders by other Churches,
and especially by the Roman Catholic Church, as
important. The understanding of ordination and the
nature of Holy Orders differed somewhat between the
Anglican Communion and the other major historical
sections of the universal church especially the
Roman Catholic Church and the Orthodox Churches
despite a degree of continuity and consistency. It
may even have differed within the Communion. But the
question of the external recognition of this
validity and the definition of validity in this
context turned upon the emphasis one placed upon
the importance of the Communion s claim to
catholicity, as part of the One Holy Catholic and
Apostolic Church . The continued emphasis upon the
universality of Holy Orders is the case study
through which the wider catholicity of the Anglican
Communion is explored.

Autorentext
Noel Cox, LLM MTheol PhD University of Auckland MA Archbishop of Canterbury Examination in Theology LTh University of Wales Lampeter FRHistS, Professor of Constitutional Law at the Auckland University of Technology (where he is Chairman of the Department of Law), and Barrister. His main area of research interest is the Crown.

Klappentext
This book explores one aspect of the ongoing validity of orders debate within the Anglican Communion. While exploring the nature of Holy Orders, it asks why the Communion - or elements within the Communion - continues to regard the recognition of its Holy Orders by other Churches, and especially by the Roman Catholic Church, as important. The understanding of ordination and the nature of Holy Orders differed somewhat between the Anglican Communion and the other major historical sections of the universal church - especially the Roman Catholic Church and the Orthodox Churches - despite a degree of continuity and consistency. It may even have differed within the Communion. But the question of the external recognition of this validity - and the definition of validity in this context - turned upon the emphasis one placed upon the importance of the Communion's claim to catholicity, as part of the "One Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church". The continued emphasis upon the universality of Holy Orders is the case study through which the wider catholicity of the Anglican Communion is explored.