Teologia nel rito dell’ordinazione presbiterale nel Pontificale Romanum dell’1968
The Theology in the Rite of Ordination to the Presbyterate after the Vaticanum II

Summary/Abstract: The paper consists of an analysis of the Rite of Ordination to the Presbyterate in the Roman Pontifical after the Second Vatican Council. Firstly, the researched focused on the biblical topics in the lectures prescribed for the celebration. Secondly the analysis concerned the main theological elements incorporated in the euchology of the rite of ordination. In the last part of the paper the author tried to show the theological meaning of some liturgical gestures connected with the Rite of Ordination to the Presbyterate. The study shows the richness of theology of the elaborated rite. One of the most important characteristics of the post-conciliar redaction is the appreciation of the ecclesiological elements of the rite.

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