Guiding readers through the rites of Baptism, Confirmation and Eucharist, Understanding the Sacraments of Initiation explores the way in which the sacraments of Initiation affect and influence one’s daily Christian life.
The original edition of this book presented a theology of sacraments that emerged out of a Church stirred into new life by the Second Vatican Council.
A contemporary theology of these three sacraments, surveying their historical development, their theology today, and liturgical and pastoral implications.
This essay will analyse the role of baptism in Christian initiation, and suggest liturgical implications for understanding baptism as fully initiatory into the Christian Church.
Lawrence E. Mick, a priest in the Archdiocese of Cincinnati, is a liturgical consultant and writer whose numerous books include Living Baptism Daly, published by Liturgical Press.
Rite-Based As the title indicates, my approach in this volume is rite-based. The rite itself is always the best starting point, for these are the words we hear and say, the gestures and postures we adopt, and the signs and symbols that ...
Alexander Roberts, dd, and James Donaldson, lld (Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans Publishing Company, 1980), 340–341. 8. Tertullian, De Corona, in vol. 3 of The Ante-Nicene Fathers: Translations of The Writings of the Fathers Down to A.D. 325 ...
Describes the history, meaning, and rituals associated with the seven Sacraments of the Catholic Church.
Unique in its combination of theology with biblical background and spirituality, this book has been time tested in parish and college groups, who learned much and encouraged the author to turn it into a book.
Baptism
Suggestions for Further Reading Bausch , William J. A New Look at the Sacraments . ... Secular Marriage , Christian Sacrament , Mystic , CT : Twenty - Third Publications , 1985 . Symbol and Sacrament : A Contemporary Sacramental ...