Touched by Christ: The Sacramental Economy - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Touched by Christ: The Sacramental Economy write by Lawrence Feingold. This book was released on 2021-05-07. Touched by Christ: The Sacramental Economy available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The sacramental economy was instituted by Christ and entrusted to His Church in order to build up the Body of Christ in a twofold communion: binding the members together with God and one another. Touched by Christ: The Sacramental Economy is an introductory course on Sacramental Theology suitable for all who seek a deeper understanding of how the Church’s sacraments constitute channels of grace, nurture supernatural life, and heal us from our sins. Lawrence Feingold expertly describes the nature of the sacraments; their purpose, fittingness, and relationship with Christ and the New Covenant; their relationship with the Old Covenant rites that prefigured them; the character and grace that they communicate; and the nature of their causality. Touched by Christ shows that the sacraments of the New Covenant should be understood as instruments of Christ’s humanity that are used as words of power to communicate the sanctification that they signify, infuse grace, communicate the Holy Spirit, and build up ecclesial communion in those who receive them with the right dispositions.
Swear to God
Swear to God - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Swear to God write by Scott Hahn. This book was released on 2005-10-18. Swear to God available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The most solemn, majestic, and beautiful gifts that Jesus Christ gave to the world are His sacraments. He endowed them with unprecedented and unparalleled power—power to change lives, save souls, and share God’s very life. The sacraments are the ordinary means by which God directs the course of each human life and all of world history. The Church celebrates seven sacraments: baptism, Eucharist, confirmation, matrimony, holy orders, confession, and anointing of the sick. Each was established by Jesus for the sake of salvation. When Jesus spoke of the sacraments, He made clear that they were essential: Unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God (Jn 3:5) . . . unless you eat of the flesh of the Son of man and drink His blood, you have no life in you (Jn 6: 53). In Swear to God, Dr. Scott Hahn explores the richness of Christ’s sacraments—their doctrine, history, symbols, and rituals. Drawing upon the Bible and the Church’s tradition, he shows how God’s covenants—with Adam, Noah, Abraham, Moses, and David—became the driving forces in history. When Jesus came to fulfill all these covenants, He established a new covenant, with greater power than ever before. Christians are God’s children now. Joined to Christ by baptism, we can already share in the eternal life of the Trinity, a life we hope to know fully in heaven. But heaven is with us, even now, in the sacraments.
Meeting Christ in the Sacraments
Meeting Christ in the Sacraments - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Meeting Christ in the Sacraments write by Colman E. O'Neill. This book was released on 1991-01-01. Meeting Christ in the Sacraments available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Fundamentals of sacramental theology. A classic.
Mystery of the Church
Mystery of the Church - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Mystery of the Church write by Paul Haffner. This book was released on 2007. Mystery of the Church available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Mystery of the Church presents a global picture of the main themes of current ecclesiology. First, it deals with the institution of the Church and her essential nature. Subsequently the four hallmarks of the Church are described. Her unity and holiness are guaranteed by the sanctity of Christ her Head despite the sinfulness of her members. The catholicity of the Church is also examined from the perspective of Eastern Christendom. The apostolicity of the Church leads to a description of the Petrine Office. The Church is seen as the instrument of salvation, and her relationship with the State and with science is investigated. Finally the Church is pictured as leading to the Kingdom of God. This is the fifth volume of Fr Paul Haffner's systematic exposition of theology - previously published volumes in this series: Mystery of Creation, The Mystery of Mary, The Mystery of Reason, The Sacramental Mystery. Paul Haffner is a priest and professor of theology at Regina Apostolorum University in Rome, visiting professor at the Pontifical Gregorian University, and adjunct lecturer at Duquesne University Roman Campus.
The Reciprocity Between Faith and Sacraments in the Sacramental Economy
The Reciprocity Between Faith and Sacraments in the Sacramental Economy - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Reciprocity Between Faith and Sacraments in the Sacramental Economy write by International Theological Comission. This book was released on 2021-01-06. The Reciprocity Between Faith and Sacraments in the Sacramental Economy available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The Sacraments are at the very centre of the Christian life, yet many today receive them without a clear understanding of what the graces they signify and contain. This document from the International Theological Commission explores the relationship between the faith of the recipient and the power and grace conferred by the sacrament looking at what is needed for the fruitful reception of the sacraments in order for them to help the receiver grow in faith. There is "a profound unity between the act by which we believe and the contents to which we give our assent.... In the Christian conception it is not possible to think of a faith without sacramental expression, nor a sacramental practice in the absence of ecclesial faith" [51] The document treats each sacrament but gives saves its most comprehensive treatment for marriage exploring the challenges posed by the increasing number of marriages where the spouses have an incomplete understanding of marriage as a sacrament.
