Kristův kněžský úřad v hlavních spisech M. J. Scheebena

The study follows up on the previous article about the Christological titles and Christ’s magisterial office treated in the main writings of the German theologian. The aim of this study is to put Christ’s priestly office into the context of Scheeben’s soteriological reflection, to present the main characteristics of the office, to draw attention to the sacrifice on the Cross as the central function of Christ’s priesthood and, finally, point out the Trinitarian foundation of Jesus’s sacrifice. Christ’s high‑ priesthood, with its climax in the sacrifice of the Cross, can be rightly considered as crucial to understanding Scheeben’s rich and, for his time, innovative soteriology in which the main mysteries of faith are connected. In Jesus’s sacrifice on the Cross, salvation as deification culminates. Therefore, the Cross is not only a propitiatory but also a deifying, glorifying and eucharistic sacrifice. Here, the author’s own sacrificial theory is made evident. The few shortcomings of Scheeben’s reflection have to be understood in the context of his time. The theologian emphasises the hierarchical aspect of Christ’s priesthood and does not explore the thought that Jesus’s life is also a realisation of his self‑ giving to others in his obedience to the Father. Christ’s sacrifice has its archetype in the life of the Trinity and is an invitation for a Christian to partake in divine relationships. Scheeben underlines the presence of the Holy Spirit both in Christ’s sacrifice and in the living out of this mystery on the Christian life.