| Author's Note |
5 |
| Note on Source materials and Bibliography |
6 |
| Introduction |
7 |
| Chapter 1 |
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| A COMPREHENSIVE VIEW OF THE SACRAMENTS |
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| The Sacraments as Signs |
18 |
| The Saacraments as Acts of Christ |
34 |
| The Sacraments as Confering the Divine Gifts They Signify |
47 |
| The Sacramental Organism |
61 |
| Chapter 2 |
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| HOLY ORDERS |
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| Preliminary Remarks |
66 |
| The Distinction between Clergy and laity |
69 |
| The Hierarchy of jurisdiction: Mission and pastorate |
73 |
| The Confering of Holy Orders |
85 |
| The Priesthood of the Bishops and of Priests |
94 |
| The Diacontate and the minor orders |
102 |
| Chapter 3 |
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| CHRISTIAN EDUCATION |
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| Section One: BAPTISM |
108 |
| Baptism in the New Testament |
109 |
| the Rites of baptism in the Light of History |
112 |
| Biblical and liturgical Synthesis |
120 |
| Theological Clarifications |
132 |
| Baptismal spirituality |
137 |
| Reminders of baptism |
139 |
| Section Two: CONFIRMATION |
140 |
| The Connection between Baptism and Confirmation |
140 |
| the Sacramental Sign and The minister |
141 |
| The Effects of Confirmation |
144 |
| Section Three: THE EUCHARIST AS THE COMPLETION OF CHRISTIAN INITIATION |
148 |
| Christian Initiation Incomplete Without the Eucharist |
148 |
| Chapter 4 |
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| THE EUCHRIST |
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| Preliminary Remarks |
152 |
| Section One: THE RITES OF THE MASS |
155 |
| The Liturgy of The Word |
155 |
| The Liturgy of the sacrament |
161 |
| Section Two: THE EUCHARISTIC MYSTERY |
173 |
| The re-Presentation of the Lord's Supper |
173 |
| The Real presence of Christ |
175 |
| The Euchristic Sacrifice |
183 |
| The Anticipation of the heavenly Kingdom |
197 |
| Section three: THE GRACE OF THE EUCHRIST |
202 |
| the Fruits of The Sacrifice |
203 |
| Euchristic Communion |
208 |
| Chapter 5 |
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| Penance |
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| God's pedagogy |
220 |
| Ours Sins Cleansed in the Blood of Christ |
232 |
| The Structure of the Sacrament of penance |
236 |
| the Acts of the Penitent |
248 |
| Penance: Sacrament of spiritual Progress |
257 |
| Chapter 6 |
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| THE ANOITING OF THE SICK |
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| Sickness in the Economy of Salvation |
264 |
| The Witness of Sr. James' Epistle |
268 |
| The Liturgy for Anointing of the sick |
269 |
| The Twofold Effect of the Anointing of the sick |
273 |
| The Sacramentals Of the sick |
277 |
| Chapter 7 |
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| MARRIAGE |
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| Marriage and Virginity in the Economy of Salvation |
280 |
| The Sacrament of marriage |
290 |
| Bibliography |
308 |
| Index |
315 |