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Document Details : Title: Baptism as the Matrix of Ministry Author(s): AUSTIN, Gerard Journal: Louvain Studies Volume: 23 Issue: 2 Date: summer 1998 Pages: 101-113 DOI: 10.2143/LS.23.2.542255 Abstract : There seems to be a great deal of concern and confusion today as to who can, may, and should do ministry in the church. Perhaps some of the problems stem from our starting points and from the ordering of the elements to be considered in the analysis. I would like to argue for a consideration of baptism as the basis or matrix of all the church’s ministries, be they lay or clerical. |
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