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| Introduction |
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Part 1 Catholic Sacramental Theology |
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What Is Catholic Theology? |
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Magisterium and Community |
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2 Sacramental Theology after the Council |
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Sacramental Theology in the 1950s |
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Sacramental Theology after 1965 |
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Some Catechetical Distortions |
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Other Questions about the Sacraments |
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3 Some Preliminary Notions of Causality |
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Modern Challenges to Causality |
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4 Some Fresh Perspectives on the Sacramental Economy |
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Contemporary Accounts of Sacramental Efficiency |
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The Seven Sacraments and the One Church |
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The Sacraments and Spiritual Healing |
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Theological Topics Related to the Sacraments |
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5 The Saving Work of Christ |
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A Contemporary Appropriation |
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Sacraments and the Pierced Heart of Christ |
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6 The Sacramental Economy |
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Original Justice and Original Sin |
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7 Christ, Justification, and Faith |
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8 Efficacy and Sacramental Character |
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Tripartite Structure of the Sacraments |
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9 The Nature of a Sacrament |
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Further Reflection on Signs |
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Further Reflection on Cause |
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The Relation of Sacraments to Faith |
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10 The Necessity of the Sacraments |
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Ways of Explaining Necessity |
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Sacraments and Sins' Wounds |
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Rites of the Old Dispensation |
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11 How Sacramental Mediation Works |
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The Human Nature of Christ |
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Divine Omnipotence and Sinful Ministers |
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12 The Number of the Sacraments |
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Trent and Other Official Statements |
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Resemblance to Human Life Stages |
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The Number of the Sacraments and the Perfection of the Human Person |
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The Sacraments around the Eucharist |
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A Differentiated Necessity |
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Part 2 The Seven Sacraments |
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Overview of the History of Baptism |
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Christ Instituted Baptism |
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The Life of the Baptized Catholic |
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The Councils of Florence and Trent |
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The Graces Confirmation Brings |
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The Time for Reception of Confirmation |
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Confirmed Catholics Active in the Church |
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The Rite Employed in Confirmation |
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The Early History of Eucharistic Theology |
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Essential Catholic Teachings |
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16 Penance and Reconciliation |
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Some Recent Catholic Teaching |
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The Celebration of Penance and Reconciliation |
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Sixteenth-Century Challenges and Replies |
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Basic Truths about Anointing |
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The Ceremony for the Anointing of the Sick |
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Official Teaching on the Anointing of the Sick |
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Infused Fortitude and the "Remains" of Sin |
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Official Teaching on the Catholic Priesthood |
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The Catholic Priest Represents Christ |
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Controversies and Remedies |
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Ordination and Ministry of Priests |
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Challenges to the Sacramentality of Marriage |
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Regulation of Clandestine Marriages |
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Preparation for Matrimony |
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| Conclusion |
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| Bibliography |
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| Name Index |
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