Glory and Burden (Ministry and Sacraments of the Church)
by Dr. Paulos Mar Gregorios
Kottayam: MGF / NewDelhi: ISPCK, 2005.
Contents
Foreword Fr. Dr. K. M. George
Introduction Fr. Dr. John Panicker
1. The Meaning of Ordination: A Study of the Faith and Order Commission
2. Study on Ordination: A quick glance at the New Testament
3. Pastors and Priests: A Study on the Priesthood in the Church
4. Royal Priesthood: Priesthood of all Believers in the Church
5. On being Good Shepherds ourselves
6. Christ’s Ministry to the World: The focus of the Church’s Ministry
7. The Glory and the Burden: The Holy Vestments of Aaron, the Great High Priest
8. Whom are we Training ? Monks, Rabbis, Pastors or Preachers?
9. Training for the Ministry - Four related problems
10. Reflections on the Training of the Pastor
11. Ministry of the Church: Two Ways of Understanding it
12. Laity Formation - Framework, Aims and Principles
13. Nature of the Layman’s Commission
14. The Ministry of the Laity
15. Purification, Initiation and Illumination in Baptism
16. Relation between Baptism, Confirmation and the Eucharist in the Syrian Orthodox Church
17. Eucharistic Theology and the Bible
18. Communion - Ecclesial, Spiritual and Eucharistic
19. Not a Question of Hospitality - A comment
20. Marriage as a Christian Sacrament
21. Christian Conception of Marriage
