Rites of Ordination

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Rites of Ordination is written by Paul F. Bradshaw and published by Liturgical Press. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0814662676 (ISBN 10) and 9780814662670 (ISBN 13).

"A Pueblo book."Includes index. Includes bibliographical references and index. Table of Contents: Historical and typological background -- Ministry in the earliest Christian communities -- Ministry and ordination in the third and fourth centuries -- Early ordination rites -- Ordination rites in the churches of the East -- Ordination rites in the medieval West -- The theology of ordination in the Middle Ages -- Orders and ministry in the churches of the Reformation -- The Roman Catholic Church from the Council of Trent to the present -- Other modern ordination rites.