The Seven Sacraments of the Catholic Church

[...]the book ends with these words: "The foregoing presentation of the pattern of sacramental life in the Catholic Church aims to encourage everyone to embrace these rhythms of salvation unto everlasting life" (p. 274). The sacraments display both the necessity of natural objects (e.g., w...

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Published inJournal of the Evangelical Theological Society Vol. 67; no. 1; pp. 200 - 204
Main Author De Chirico, Leonardo
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Lynchburg Evangelical Theological Society 01.03.2024
Subjects
Catholic churches
Causality
Councils
God
Ontology
Theologians
Theology
Traditions
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Summary:[...]the book ends with these words: "The foregoing presentation of the pattern of sacramental life in the Catholic Church aims to encourage everyone to embrace these rhythms of salvation unto everlasting life" (p. 274). The sacraments display both the necessity of natural objects (e.g., water, oil, bread, wine) to receive grace (Cessario approvingly quotes Thomas about "the power inherent in the materials to act as signs and convey meaning," p. 99) and the necessity of the church through its priests who act as an alter Christus (i.e., another Christ) in administering grace. [...]topics like the objective efficacy of the sacraments and the nature of sacramental grace, pillars of traditional Roman sacramentology, were approached differendy. According to Cessario, the stress on causality should not lead to developing a magical view of how the sacraments work as if they were a combination of words and actions governed by an impersonal supernatural power.
ISSN:0360-8808