Why priests? : a failed tradition /
Garry Wills.
- 302 pages ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Priest power: the Eucharist -- A priestless movement -- Holy men -- The miracle -- Explaining the miracle: Aquinas -- Explaining the miracle : Augustine -- Jesus the non-priest: Killer priests -- The Melchizedek myth -- Higher Melchizedeks -- Melchizedek and Jesus -- Letter to Hebrews: What is it? -- What does it mean? -- A new high priest -- Jesus as sacrifice: Human sacrifice -- Who killed Jesus? -- Jesus as rescuer: The saving Trinity -- Comrade Christ -- Monopoly on the sacred: Priestly imperialism -- The Lord's Supper(s).
9780670024872 9780143124399
2012037034
Catholic Church--Doctrines.
Transubstantiation. Lord's Supper--Catholic Church. Lord's Supper--Real presence. Primera Jornada de Catalogación. Sacerdotes--Vida espiritual. Lord's Supper--Biblical teaching. Priests. Lord's Supper--Miracles.