The Priest Is Not His Own

The beloved archbishop sheen whose cause for canonization is open in Rome presents a profound and deeply spiritual look at the meaning of the priesthood and relationship of the priest with christ as an alter christus sheen delves deeply into what he considers the main character of the priesthood and one not often discussed that of being like christ a holy victim to be like christ sheen emphasizes that the priest must imitate christ in his example of sacrifice offering himself as a victim to make his incarnation continually present in the world unlike anyone else our lord came on earth not to live but to die death for our redemption was the goal of his sojourn here the goal of his sojourn here the gold that he was seeking he was therefore not primarily a teacher but a savior.

Isbn / Product Code - 9798170863556

Dimensions - 13.5 x 20.5 x 1.9 cm

Printed Pages - 278

Format - Paperback

Year Of Publication - 1963

Publisher - ATC Publishers

Author - Fulton Sheen