Susan K. Wood, SCL, is chair of the department of theology at Marquette University. Active in ecumenical work, she serves on the U.S. Lutheran–Roman Catholic Dialogue, the U.S. Roman Catholic–Orthodox Theological Consultation, the conversation between the Roman Catholic Church and the Baptist World Alliance, and the International Lutheran–Roman Catholic Dialogue. She is an associate editor of Pro Ecclesia and serves on the editorial advisory board of the journal Ecclesiology. She is the author of Sacramental Orders (2000), and editor of Ordering the Baptismal Priesthood: Theologies of Lay and Ordained Ministry (2003) both published by Liturgical Press.

The work can be recommended as an example of a careful exercise in liturgical theology and for its insight into the prevailing approach to the meaning of the sacrament of Order in the Roman liturgy.David N. Power, OMI, The Catholic University of America, Washington, DC

• ContentsPreface to the Lex Orandi Series   viiIntroduction   xiChapter One:The Ecclesiological Foundations of Ministry   1Chapter Two:The Liturgical Rite of the Ordination of a Bishop   28Chapter Three:Sacramentality of Episcopal Consecration   64Chapter Four:The Liturgical Rite of the Ordination of Presbyters   86Chapter Five:Theology of the Presbyterate   117Chapter Six:The Liturgical Rite of the Ordination of Deacons   143Chapter Seven:Questions Concerning the Diaconate   166Index of Documents   187Index of Scripture References   189Index of Proper Names   191Index of Subjects   194

Susan K. Wood, SCL, is chair of the department of theology at Marquette University. Active in ecumenical work, she serves on the U.S. Lutheran–Roman Catholic Dialogue, the U.S. Roman Catholic–Orthodox Theological Consultation, the conversation between the Roman Catholic Church and the Baptist World Alliance, and the International Lutheran–Roman Catholic Dialogue. She is an associate editor of Pro Ecclesia and serves on the editorial advisory board of the journal Ecclesiology. She is the author of Sacramental Orders (2000), and editor of Ordering the Baptismal Priesthood: Theologies of Lay and Ordained Ministry (2003) both published by Liturgical Press.

The work can be recommended as an example of a careful exercise in liturgical theology and for its insight into the prevailing approach to the meaning of the sacrament of Order in the Roman liturgy.David N. Power, OMI, The Catholic University of America, Washington, DC

• ContentsPreface to the Lex Orandi Series   viiIntroduction   xiChapter One:The Ecclesiological Foundations of Ministry   1Chapter Two:The Liturgical Rite of the Ordination of a Bishop   28Chapter Three:Sacramentality of Episcopal Consecration   64Chapter Four:The Liturgical Rite of the Ordination of Presbyters   86Chapter Five:Theology of the Presbyterate   117Chapter Six:The Liturgical Rite of the Ordination of Deacons   143Chapter Seven:Questions Concerning the Diaconate   166Index of Documents   187Index of Scripture References   189Index of Proper Names   191Index of Subjects   194

Susan K. Wood, SCL, is chair of the department of theology at Marquette University. Active in ecumenical work, she serves on the U.S. Lutheran–Roman Catholic Dialogue, the U.S. Roman Catholic–Orthodox Theological Consultation, the conversation between the Roman Catholic Church and the Baptist World Alliance, and the International Lutheran–Roman Catholic Dialogue. She is an associate editor of Pro Ecclesia and serves on the editorial advisory board of the journal Ecclesiology. She is the author of Sacramental Orders (2000), and editor of Ordering the Baptismal Priesthood: Theologies of Lay and Ordained Ministry (2003) both published by Liturgical Press.

The work can be recommended as an example of a careful exercise in liturgical theology and for its insight into the prevailing approach to the meaning of the sacrament of Order in the Roman liturgy.David N. Power, OMI, The Catholic University of America, Washington, DC

• ContentsPreface to the Lex Orandi Series   viiIntroduction   xiChapter One:The Ecclesiological Foundations of Ministry   1Chapter Two:The Liturgical Rite of the Ordination of a Bishop   28Chapter Three:Sacramentality of Episcopal Consecration   64Chapter Four:The Liturgical Rite of the Ordination of Presbyters   86Chapter Five:Theology of the Presbyterate   117Chapter Six:The Liturgical Rite of the Ordination of Deacons   143Chapter Seven:Questions Concerning the Diaconate   166Index of Documents   187Index of Scripture References   189Index of Proper Names   191Index of Subjects   194