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The cleansing of the heart : the sacraments as instrumental causes in the Thomistic tradition / Reginald M. Lynch, OP.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lynch, Reginald M., author.
- Series:
- Thomistic ressourcement series ; Volume 9.
- Thomistic Ressourcement Series ; Volume 9
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Thomas, Aquinas, Saint, 1225?-1274.
- Thomas.
- Catholic Church--Doctrines.
- Catholic Church.
- Sacraments.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (241 pages).
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, District of Columbia : The Catholic University of America Press, 2017.
- Summary:
- Recalling the Biblical and Patristic roots of the Church's sacramental identity, the Second Vatican Council calls the Church the 'visible sacrament' of that unity offered through Christ (LG 9).'Sacrament' in this sense not only describes who the Church is, but what she does.
- Contents:
- Historical considerations
- Creation, artistry, and dispositive causality in Aquinas's Commentary on the sentences
- From the Sentences to the Summa
- Early-modern approaches to the sacraments: Melchior Cano.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 0-8132-2945-6
- OCLC:
- 1002688884
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