| Edition |
Expanded edition. |
| Description |
xvii, 468 pages ; 23 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
History and sacraments -- A history of sacraments -- Sacraments in all religions -- The beginnings of the Christian sacraments -- Israel and the Roman Empire -- The Early Christian community -- The patristic period -- The sacramental seal -- Augustine and afterward -- The development of the Catholic sacraments -- Seven liturgical sacraments -- Sign and reality -- The sacramental character -- Aristotle, Aquinas, and the sacraments -- Legalism, nominalism, and magic -- Catholic and Protestant sacraments -- Luther and Protestant Reformation -- Trent and the Catholic Counter-Reformation -- The modern centuries -- The sacraments today -- Twentieth-century developments -- Contemporary sacramental theology -- Contemporary sacramental practices -- Histories of the sacraments -- Baptism -- Parallels and precedents -- Baptism and Christian initiation -- Baptism in the Middle Ages -- Baptism in modern times -- Baptism in contemporary Catholicism -- Confirmation -- Parallels and precedents -- Receiving the Holy Spirit -- From Consignation to Confirmation -- Confirmation in modern times -- Confirmation in the contemporary Church -- Eucharist -- Parallels and precedents -- From the Last Supper to the Liturgy -- The Mass and Eucharist in the Middle Ages -- The Lord's Supper and the modern mass -- Liturgy and Eucharist in the twentieth century -- Reconciliation -- Parallels and precedents -- Repentance and reconciliation in Early Christianity -- Confession and penance in the Middle Ages -- The modern sacrament of penance -- Sacramental reconciliation in the Church today -- Anointing -- Parallels and precedents -- Healing and anointing in the Early Church -- From anointing the sick to anointing the dying -- The modern sacrament of Extreme Unction -- Return to anointing the sick -- Marriage -- Parallels and precedents -- Early Christian marriage -- From secular to ecclesiastical marriage -- Marriage in the modern Church -- Marriage in contemporary Catholicism -- Ordination -- Parallels and precedents -- Christian ministries and sacred orders -- Holy Orders in the Middle Ages -- The modern Catholic priesthood -- Ministries in the Church today -- Sacraments and the future. |
| Subject |
Sacraments -- Catholic Church -- History of doctrines.
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Catholic Church -- Doctrines -- History.
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| ISBN |
0800730208: $15.95 |
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9780800730208 |
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