Introduction to sacramental theology : signs of Christ in the flesh / José Granados ; translated by Michael J. Miller ; foreword by David W. Fagerberg.

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Book

Author/Creator:

Granados, José, 1970- author.

Contributor:

Miller, Michael J., translator.

Fagerberg, David W., 1952- other.

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Standardized Title:

Tratado general de los sacramentos. English

Language:

English

Spanish

Subjects (All):

Sacramentals.

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1 online resource

Other Title:

Sacramental theology

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : The Catholic University of America Press, 2021.

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Summary:

Introduction to Sacramental Theology presents a complete overview of sacramental theology from the viewpoint of the body. This viewpoint is supported, in the first place, by Revelation, for which the sacraments are the place where we enter into contact with the body of the risen Jesus. It is a viewpoint, secondly, which is firmly rooted in our concrete human bodily experience, thus allowing for a strong connection between faith and life, creation and redemption. From this point of view, the treatise on the sacraments occupies a strategic role. For the sacraments appear, not as the last of a series of topics (after dealing with Creation, Christ, the Church), but as the original place in which to stand in order to contemplate the entire Christian mystery. This point of view of the body, which resonates with contemporary philosophy, sheds fruitful light on classical themes, such as the relationship of the sacraments with creation, the composition of the sacramental sign, the efficacy of the sacraments, the sacramental character, the role of the minister, or the relationship of the sacrament with the Church as a sacrament. As a result of this approach, the Eucharist takes on a central role, since this is the sacrament where the body of Jesus is made present. The rest of the sacraments are seen as prolongations of the eucharistic body, so as to fill all the time and space of the faithful. This foundation of the theology of the sacraments in eucharistic theology is supported by an analysis of the patristic and medieval tradition. In order to support its conclusions, Introduction to Sacramental Theology examines the doctrine of Scripture (especially St. John and St. Paul), the main patristic and medieval authors (St. Augustine, Hugh of St. Victor, St. Bonaventure, St. Thomas Aquinas...), the response of Trent to the protestant challenges, up to modern authors such as Scheeben, Rahner, Ratzinger, or Chauvet, including the teaching of Vatican II about the Church as a kind of sacrament.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Foreword by David W. Fagerberg

Preface

List of Abbreviations

Chapter 1. The Sacraments, a Place in Which to Contemplate the Mystery

Part 1. The Sacraments, Deeply Rooted in the Flesh of Jesus

Chapter 2. The Origin of the Sacraments in the Rite of Jesus

Chapter 3. Signs and Works: The Sacramental Outlook of St. John

Chapter 4. From St. Paul to the mysterion-sacramentum

Chapter 5. The Institution of the Sacraments in the Flesh of Christ

Part 2. The Sacraments, Ritual Opening of the Symbolic Space of Jesus

Chapter 6. The Roots of the Sacraments in Creation

Chapter 7. Sacraments of History: The Old Covenant

Chapter 8. Signs of Charity: The Sacraments in St. Augustine

Chapter 9. Sign and Cause of Grace: The Sacraments in the Medieval Synthesis

Chapter 10. Sacrament, Word, Body: Protestant Crisis, Catholic Reform, Modern Perspectives

Chapter 11. Architecture of the Sacrament: The Symbolic Space

Part 3. Toward a Sacramental Way of Living

Chapter 12. The Sacramental Character

Chapter 13. The Sacraments and Christian Action

Chapter 14. Ministry: Sacramental Fatherhood

Chapter 15. Seven Sacraments in the Church-Sacrament

Selected Bibliography

Scriptural Index

General Index

Notes:

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Description based on print version record.

"Originally published in 2016 in Spanish as José Granados García, Tratado General de los Sacramentos (Madrid: Biblioteca de Autores Cristianos)"

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Print version: Granados, José, 1970- Tratado general de los sacramentos. English. Introduction to sacramental theology.

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ISBN:

9780813233932

0813233933

Publisher Number:

40030797718

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