| 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 |