| PART 1: THE GENERAL SACRAMENTALITY OF THE CHURCH |
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| 1 THE MEANING OF SACRAMENTALITY |
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| Christ the Basic Sacrament |
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| The Church as Effective Community of Salvation |
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| The Efficacy of the Church in Faith, Hope, and Love |
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| Efficaciousness Ex Opere Operato and Ex Opere Operant is |
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| The Word as Salvific Activity of the Church |
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| 2 THE SEVEN SACRAMENTS AND THE SACRAMENTALS |
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| The Term “Sacrament” |
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| Life Setting |
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| Christ the Source |
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| Sacraments in the Old Testament |
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| Preparation in the Life,of Jesus |
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| Historical Development of the Concept |
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| Number of the Sacraments |
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| Change in the Sacraments |
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| Efficacy of the Sacraments |
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| The Minister |
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| The Protestant Viewpoint |
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| Divine Initiative and Human Action in the Sacraments |
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| The Sacramentals |
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| PART II: THE INDIVIDUAL SACRAMENTS |
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| 3 THE EUCHARIST: THE SCRIPTURAL DATA |
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| Introductory |
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| The Witness of Scripture |
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| Acts |
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| Paul |
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| The Synoptics |
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| Comparison of the Texts |
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| Origin of the Texts |
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| The Last Supper |
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| Interpretation of the Pauline Texts |
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| 1 Corinthians 11 |
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| 1 Corinthians 10 |
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| Interpretation of the Lucan Texts |
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| Interpretation of the Texts in Mark and Matthew |
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| The Gospel of John |
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| The Text Itself |
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| Interpretation |
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| Summary |
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| 4 THE EUCHARIST: THEOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT |
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| General Outline |
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| The Eastern Fathers |
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| The Western Fathers |
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| The Scholastics |
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| The Reformers |
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| The Teaching of the Church |
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| Transubstantiation |
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| The Personal Presence of Christ in the Eucharist |
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| 5 THE EUCHARIST: A SYSTEMATIC SUMMARY |
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| General Outline |
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| The Sacramental Sign |
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| The Eucharist as the Worship Sacrifice of the Church |
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| The teaching of the Church |
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| Scipture |
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| The Eucharist as the Dynamic Presence of the Death of Jesus |
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| The One Sacrifice of Golgotha and the May Euchrists |
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| The Eucharist as Anamnesis |
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| The Eucharist as Sacrifice of the Church |
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| The Eucharist as Relative Sacrifice |
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| The Role of Christ |
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| The Function of Bishop and Priest |
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| The Eucharist as the Celebration of the Whole People of God |
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| 6 THE EUCHARIST AS MEAL |
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| General |
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| Communion |
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| Change in the Reception of Communion |
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| The Conditions for Fruitful Reception of Communion |
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| The Salvif1c Character Of The Eucharist |
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| General |
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| The Eucharist as Adoration, Thanksgiving, and Expiation |
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| Remembrance of the Dead |
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| "Fruits of the Sacrifice” |
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| Special Salvific Character of Communion |
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| Union with Christ |
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| Union with One Another |
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| The Eucharist And Eschatology |
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| 7 BAPTISM |
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| Baptism as part of the Event of salvation |
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| Baptism In The Early Church |
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| The Sign Of Baptism |
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| Faith And Baptism |
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| Baptismal Salvation |
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| General |
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| Membership in the Church |
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| Relationship to Christ |
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| Possession of the Spirit |
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| The Baptized Person as Son of God |
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| Forgiveness of Sins |
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| The Tension between Salvation as Gift and as Task |
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| The Eschatological Orientation of Baptism |
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| The Teaching of the Church |
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| The Necessity of Baptism |
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| The Fate of Children Who Die without Baptism |
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| The Minister of Baptism |
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| The Recipient of Baptism |
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| 8 CONFIRMATION |
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| Baptism and Confirmation |
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| Scripture, Fathers, Teaching of the Church |
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| The Sign |
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| Confirmation and Salvation |
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| The Minister of Confirmation |
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| 9 ORDINATION TO THE PRIESTHOOD |
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| The Sacrament of Differentiation |
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| The Three Stages |
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| The External Sign |
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| The Minister |
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| The Recipient |
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| Ordination and Salvation |
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| 10 THE SACRAMENT OF PENANCE: ITS PLACE IN THE CHURCH |
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| The Place of the Sacrament in the Life of the Church |
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| The Church’s Responsibility Regarding the Sin of its Members |
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| The Institutionalization of Penance for Sin |
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| Historical Development |
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| Fundamentals |
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| Sacramental Penance for Grave Sin |
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| Sacramental Penance Only Once in Life |
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| The Procedure |
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| "Public" Penance |
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| The Differences between Penance in the Early Eastern Church and the Early Western Church |
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| The Change to More Frequent and Private Sacramental Penance: the Sixth Century Onwards |
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| Rules for the Reception of Penance |
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| Excommunication as a Separate Process |
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| The Individualization of Sacramental Penance |
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| The Teaching of the Church |
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| 11 PENANCE: THE SACRAMENTAL SIGN |
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| History |
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| Objective and Subjective Elements |
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| Absolution |
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| The Confession of Sins |
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| Confession and Faith |
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| Mortal and Venial Sins |
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| Sorrow for Sin |
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| Its Significance |
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| Perfect and Imperfect Contrition |
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| Satisfaction |
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| The Minister of the Sacrament of Penance |
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| 12 PENANCE AND SALVATION |
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| Sin and Punishment: Indulgences |
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| The Origin of Indulgences |
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| The Teaching of the Church |
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| The “Treasury" of the Church |
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| The Nature of Indulgences |
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| The Authority of the Church |
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| Indulgences for the Dead |
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| 13 THE ANOINTING OF THE SICK |
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| Sickness and Death as Boundary Situations |
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| Special Sacramentality of the Anointing |
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| The Scriptural Basis |
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| Theological Development in Antiquity and the Middle Ages |
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| The Teaching of the Church |
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| The Sign |
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| The Salvific Nature of the Anointing of the Sick |
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| Individual Elements |
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| Minister and Recipient |
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| 14 MARRIAGE |
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| Human Beings as Men and Women |
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| The Natural Status of Marriage |
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| The Sacramentality of Marriage |
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| Scripture |
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| The Post-Apostolic Development |
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| The Teaching of the Church |
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| The Protestant Teaching on Marriage |
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| The Sign |
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| Minister and Recipient of the Sacrament |
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| 15 MARRIAGE AND SALVATION |
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| Image of Christ and the Church |
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| Marriage as the Church in Miniature |
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| The Self-Communication of God in Marriage |
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| Marital Behavior |
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| Community and Fruitfulness |
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| Marriage and the World |
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| Marriage and Eschatology |
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| 16 THE UNITY AND INDISSOLUBILITY OF MARRIAGE |
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| Unity |
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| Indissolubility |
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| Scripture |
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| The Tradition of the Church |
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| The Teaching of the Church |
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| Theological Reflection |
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| INDEX |
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