Preface to the Original German Series |
xi |
Preface to the English Edition of the Series |
xiv |
Preface to This Volume |
xvi |
Prefaces to the Second and Third Editions |
xviii |
Editor's Note on This Volume |
xx |
An introduction to the Work of Johann Auer |
xxii |
Abbreviations |
xxvii |
General Introduction |
1 |
A General Doctrine of the Sacraments |
7 |
I. Concept and Nature of Sacrament |
9 |
1. The Meaning of the Word "Sacrament" |
9 |
2. The Objective Meaning of Sacrament: Definition of Sacrament |
11 |
3. Pre-Christian and Non-Christian Sacramental Analogies |
19 |
4. Short History of General Sacramental Doctrine |
25 |
Il. The Essential Structure of the Sacramental Sign (Structural Determinants) |
36 |
1. The Synthetic Structure of the Sacramental Sign |
36 |
2. The Essential Interior Meaning of Sacrament (The "Inner Sacrament") |
41 |
III. The Sacraments' Saving Reality and Efficacy |
44 |
1. The Principal Effects of the Sacraments |
46 |
2. Conformity to Christ as Chief Effect of a Sacrament: Basic Theories of Mystery Theology |
51 |
3. The Sacramental Character as Effect of the Sacrament |
67 |
4. The Sacraments' Objective Efficacy (ex opere operato) |
74 |
5. The Manner of the Sacraments' Effect |
78 |
IV. Origin, Number, and Organic Structure of the Sacraments |
83 |
1. The Historical Christ, Author of the Sacraments |
83 |
2. Seven, the Number of the Sacraments |
87 |
3. Order and Necessity of the Seven Sacraments |
94 |
V. The Minister of the Sacraments |
99 |
1. The Person of the Minister |
100 |
2. Subjective Requirements in the Minister of the Sacraments |
104 |
VI. The Recipient of the Sacraments |
113 |
1. The Person of the Recipient |
113 |
2. Subjective Requirements for the Recipient of the Sacraments |
114 |
VII. The Sacramentals |
120 |
1. The World as Sacrament |
122 |
2. Human Sacramental Existence and the Sacramentals |
133 |
VII. God's Word as Sacrament |
137 |
1. Toward an Understanding of "Word" |
137 |
2. The Sacramental Form the Word of God Assumes in the New Covenant |
142 |
The Mystery of the Eucharist |
149 |
Introduction |
151 |
1. Toward an Understanding of the Eucharistic Mystery |
155 |
2. Short History of the Eucharistic Doctrine |
161 |
I. The Meaning of the Sacramental Sign in the Eucharistic Mystery |
177 |
1. Toward an Understanding of the Words of Promise and Institution |
177 |
2. The Particular Shape of the External Sign in the Eucharistic Sacrament |
186 |
3. The Unique Symbolic Meaning of the External Sign in the Eucharistic Sacrament |
198 |
II. The Eucharist as Sacramental Sacrifice (The Meal-Sacrifice) |
239 |
1. Sacrifice and Sacrament |
239 |
2. The Reality of the Sacrifice of the Mass |
245 |
3. The Nature of the Sacrifice of the Mass |
269 |
4. The Effects of the Sacrifice of the Mass |
288 |
III. The Eucharist as Sacrificial Meal (The Meal as Sacrament) |
305 |
1. The Minister and the Recipient of the Holy Eucharist |
305 |
2. Intercommunion and "Open Communion" |
316 |
3. The Effects of the Holy Eucharist |
321 |
4. The Necessity of the Eucharist for Eternal Salvation |
332 |
IV. The Eucharist as an Object Worthy of Adoration |
335 |
1. Adoration and Veneration of the Blessed Sacrament |
335 |
V. The Eucharist and the Church |
341 |
The Eucharistic Body and the Mystical Body of Christ |
341 |
Birth and Growth of the Church from the Eucharistic Mystery to the End of the World |
353 |
Epilogue |
363 |
Appendices to the Text |
365 |
Notes |
375 |
Select Bibliography |
391 |
Index of Names |
413 |
Index of Subjects |
423 |