In this essay I shall connect to munus triplex to the ordained ministry. The church is called to live out the real presence of Christ in its midst and the ordained leader has a significant role to play in helping the church to do this and it is to this that I will turn in this article. We have seen further that Christ's on-going ministry has relevance to the church because in Christ's exaltation and Christ's spiritual presence in the church, Christ continues to lead the church as king, priest, and prophet. What follows is a process by which the Christian disciple learns what it means to be conformed to the likeness of Christ, who is prophet, priest, and king. In the first part of this two-part paper we have seen that the journey to ordination begins with justification, in which the Christian disciple experiences faith, hope and love in the midst of the Triune God. Keywords: Ministry vocation office prophet priest royal Servant incarnational hope incarnational faith incarnational love prayer scripture spiritual direction In order to not neglect their own spiritual formation, ordained persons should use prayer, scripture, and spiritual direction as a means by which to maintain balance between their own personal faith and their public role. So, the ordained person has a prophetic role, a priestly role and a royal servant role that is defined incarnationally: the ordained person is a disciple who is called to incarnate hope in their prophetic role, incarnate love in their priestly role and incarnate faith in their royal servant role. Stellenbosch University, South Africa ordained ministry has a public component which links the ordained person to Christ as prophet, priest, and king. GENERAL ARTICLES (ARTICLES FROM ALL THEOLOGICAL DISCIPLINES)Ä«etween cathedral and monastery: Creating balance between a pastor's personal faith and public role Part 2: The munus triplex and the pastoral function
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