General Principles of Sacramental Theology / Roger W. Nutt.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Nutt, Roger W., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sacraments--History of doctrines.

Sacraments.

Sacraments--Catholic Church.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (217 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington, District of Columbia : The Catholic University of America Press, 2017.

Summary:

General Principles of Sacramental Theology addresses a current lacuna in English language theological literature.Bernard Leeming's highly respected book Principles of Sacramental Theology was published more than sixty years ago.

Contents:

Methodological and doctrinal considerations for a theology of the sacraments

The sacraments as theology: wisdom and theological method

Sin, redemption, and the sacramental economy of salvation: the theological foundations of the seven sacraments

Understanding the sacraments as signs

The nature of the sacraments as signs

Sacramental matter and form

Sacramental intention

The necessity of the sacraments

Sacramental causality, grace, and character

Sacramental causality

Sacramental grace

Sacramental character

Sacramentum tantum, Res et Sacramentum, Res Tantum

The institution and authority of the sacraments

Principles of a sacramental spirituality.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

0-8132-2939-1

OCLC:

973799903