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| Preface | |
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| Introduction: History and Sacraments | |
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| A History of Sacraments | |
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| Sacraments in All Religions | |
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| The Beginnings of the Christian Sacraments | |
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| Israel and the Roman Empire | |
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| The Early Christian Community | |
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| The Patristic Period | |
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| The Sacramental Seal | |
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| Augustine and Afterward | |
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| The Development of the Catholic Sacraments | |
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| Seven Liturgical Sacraments | |
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| Sign and Reality | |
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| The Sacramental Character | |
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| Aristotle, Aquinas, and the Sacraments | |
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| Legalism, Nominalism, and Magic | |
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| Catholic and Protestant Sacraments | |
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| Luther and the Protestant Reformation | |
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| Trent and the Catholic Counter-Reformation | |
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| The Modern Centuries | |
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| The Sacraments Today | |
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| Twentieth-Century Developments | |
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| Contemporary Sacramental Theology | |
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| Contemporary Sacramental Practices | |
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| Histories of the Sacraments | |
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| Baptism | |
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| Parallels and Precedents | |
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| Baptism and Christian Initiation | |
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| Baptism in the Middle Ages | |
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| Baptism in Modern Times | |
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| Baptism in Contemporary Catholicism | |
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| Confirmation | |
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| Parallels and Precedents | |
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| Receiving the Holy Spirit | |
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| From Consignation to Confirmation | |
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| Confirmation in Modern Times | |
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| Confirmation in the Contemporary Church | |
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| Eucharist | |
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| Parallels and Precedents | |
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| From the Last Supper to the Liturgy | |
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| The Mass and Eucharist in the Middle Ages | |
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| The Lord's Supper and the Modern Mass | |
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| Liturgy and Eucharist in the Twentieth Century | |
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| Reconciliation | |
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| Parallels and Precedents | |
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| Repentance and Reconciliation in Early Christianity | |
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| Confession and Penance in the Middle Ages | |
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| The Modern Sacrament of Penance | |
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| Sacramental Reconciliation in the Church Today | |
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| Anointing | |
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| Parallels and Precedents | |
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| Healing and Anointing in the Early Church | |
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| From Anointing the Sick to Anointing the Dying | |
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| The Modern Sacrament of Extreme Unction | |
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| Return to Anointing of the Sick | |
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| Marriage | |
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| Parallels and Precedents | |
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| Early Christian Marriage | |
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| From Secular to Ecclesiastical Marriage | |
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| Marriage in the Modern Church | |
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| Marriage in Contemporary Catholicism | |
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| Ordination | |
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| Parallels and Precedents | |
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| Christian Ministries and Sacred Orders | |
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| Holy Orders in the Middle Ages | |
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| The Modern Catholic Priesthood | |
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| Ministries in the Church Today | |
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| Conclusion: Sacraments and the Future | |
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| Index of Names and Topics | |