"He Gave Them Power and Authority"
Power: Issue Three
What authority does the pope have and why should we obey? How is the papacy, which is still a stumbling block for so many, a source of reassurance for the faithful? Or is it? What of the bishop’s authority? The priest’s? A living thing needs to grow and authority is at the service of that. It makes the Church—–Christ’s body—grow (augere) in accord with the order established by the one who brought it forth (the Auctor). Priestly authority is in the image of the Father's authority who shows it by generating the Son, then by creating the world in Him. Christ who received all authority from the Father handed it to the disciples. To have the “keys” to the Church, then, is to assure and guard the presence of the One who builds and grows it—“the Son of the Living God”—so that He might be with us always, till the end of time.
Re-Source: Classic Texts
Articles
Book Reviews
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A Personalist Approach to the Pope by Jacob Phillips
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Gerhard Cardinal Müller, The Pope: His Mission and His Task
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A Father Helping to Form Families by Conor B. Dugan
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Carter Griffin, Forming Families, Forming Saints
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Wounds in the Body: A Thoughtful Response to the Abuse Crisis in the Church by Sr. Annie Devlin M.S.C.B.
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Dom Dysmas de Lassus, Abuses in the Religious Life and the Path to Healing
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