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in R. J (ed) Neushaus Theological Education and Moral Formation. Eerdmans

Questions of character, virtue and morality may not be the most important quesions in the christian life .... but all agree taht an important part of the newness of teh new man and new woman in Christ is the new kind of people we are called to be... pp2

A consistent theme in th eNT and in the Christian tardition is the distinctioveness of life in Christ.... Theological education for ordained ministry therefore requires consideration of the particularity of Christian coimmitment and identity. 5 aspects

• Vocation - task of determining approprtiateness for ordination
• The meaning of ordination - Ordination requires that eth ordinand explicitly and publicly affirm that he or she is willin to have the church play a large roel in the shaping of the self. An ordained person's indentity is inevitably linked to and determined by the church.
• The ordained as a representative. As a representative of JC, ordained people are called to exemplify and to fulfill several roles taht are aspects of Christ's ministry,
• The Ordained Minister as a Servant Leader - leadership defines with reference to service, embarcing the new community of Christ.
• The Moral Character of Ordained Ministry - to do with eth wholeness of the life of the ordained and not simply specific decisions, acts or discrete functions

pp3-7

Greer, R. A ( 19920 Who seeks for a spring in the Mud? Reflections on the ordained ministry in the 4c

According to Chrysostom, the reason taht wrong people become priests is that those responsible for the appointment "do not all look to one thing, which ought to be the only object kept in view, the excellence of the character..." (on the priesthood pp53)

Ratio fundamentalis, reduction of Optatam totius in Norms for Priestly Formation pp 15-60