| Description |
xi, 701 pages ; 23 cm. |
| Series |
Marriage in the Catholic Church |
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Mackin, Theodore.
Marriage in the Catholic Church.
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| Contents |
The origin of the sacrament in the Hebrew scriptures -- Sources of the sacrament in the New Testament -- Marriage and the sacrament until Nicaea -- The sacrament in the Post-Nicaean church -- Ambrose, Augustine and the sacrament in marriage -- The sacrament in an age of transition -- The sacrament in the early scholastics -- Marriage and the major medieval theologians, 1230-1330 -- Reformation challenge and Catholic reaction -- The secularization of marriage and the Catholic reaction -- Catholic teaching in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries -- Theologians and the sacrament in the nineteenth twentieth centuries -- Current Catholic theology of the sacrament and critical reflections. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Subject |
Catholic Church -- Doctrines -- History.
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Marriage -- Religious aspects -- Catholic Church -- History.
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| ISBN |
0809130556: $24.95 |
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