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The Christian Sacraments of Initiation
A contemporary theology of these three sacraments, surveying their historical development, their theology today, and liturgical and pastoral implications.
The Sacraments
What are the sacraments, really? For centuries, the religious lives of Catholics and other Christians have revolved around church rituals with generally accepted individual and social effects. What, precisely, are those effects, and how are they produced? Traditional theology used Greek philosophy to understand the sacraments and how they work. But is there no other way to understand them? In fact, there are a number of ways, and this book invites you to look at the sacraments through a variety of lenses: psychology, sociology, anthropology, history, theology, morality, and spirituality. As the introduction to this volume challenges, "If you read this book, and especially if you engage in the interactive study to which it invites you, your understanding of sacraments will be changed forever." To help personalize your investigation, the author has created a web site with thought-provoking questions that encourage you to interact with the ideas being proposed in this volume. To engage these topics more deeply, see www.TheSacraments.org.
Doors to the Sacred
A Comparision of the seven sacraments of the Catholic Church with their counterparts in the other Christian denominations.
These are the Sacraments
Biretta Books is proud to present this masterwork of the great Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen! These Are the Sacramentsis a lucidly written presentation of the seven Sacraments of the Catholic Church. Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen is responsible for this memorable and dramatic book which defines the meanings of the Sacraments to man, their power, and their application. In his text, Bishop Sheen skillfully describes the elements particular to each Sacrament, defining the matter and form necessary for valid administration.
Pastoral Foundations of the Sacraments
A logical presentation of the sacraments as the principle acts of worship in the Catholic church. Synthesizes contemporary research on symbol, ritual, and sacramental, liturgical, and pastoral theology into a single, readable resource. Each chapter ends with questions for reflection and discussion.
Sacramental Theology
A general introduction to the whole study of sacraments that analyzes them from the perspective of the sacrament that is Christ and the Church. Ecumenical in its presentation, it sets out the complete teaching of the Roman Catholic Church and relates this to a wide range of Anglican and Protestant thought as well. The author brings together the teaching of Vatican II on the sacraments with the rich tradition of sacramental theology through the centuries.
Sacraments in Scripture
Delves into the biblical origin for each of these masterpieces of God's love.Gray guides readers through the Gospels, showing Christ's deliberate acts to inaugurate these sacred signs as the foundation of the New Covenant.
Illustrated Explanation of the Holy Sacraments
The Holy Spirit works where and how He wills. The all-merciful God pours forth His grace into the souls of men in whatever manner He pleases, either mediately or immediately. The regular means of grace appointed by Christ are the sacraments, by the reception of which the work of sanctification is begun, carried on, and completed in the soul, and grace, if it has been lost, is again renewed. By the word sacrament, taken in a general sense, has always been understood something venerable and mysterious, something that appertains to God, or an act whereby man is brought into relation with God, as, for instance, an oath. But the Church understands by a sacrament one of those actual and visible si...
