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Abbreviations | |
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Introduction | |
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The Sacramental Way of Life | |
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A Sacramental Universe | |
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Interpretative Elements of Christian Sacramentality | |
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Symbols, Sacraments, and Mystery | |
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The Development of Christian Sacramentality | |
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Signs of Christ for the Journey | |
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Sacraments of Christian Freedom | |
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The Seven Sacraments of Christendom | |
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The Reformation and Sacramental Practice | |
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Vatican II and Beyond | |
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Basic Dimensions of Christian Sacramentality | |
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The Origin of the Sacraments | |
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Sacramental Principles | |
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Significance and Symbolic Meaning of Sacrament | |
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Seven Sacraments: An Organic View | |
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Sacramental Structures of Life | |
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An Organic World View | |
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Sacraments as Encounters of Freedom and Grace | |
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Signs of Faith | |
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Signs of Salvation | |
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Signs of Eternal Life | |
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Sacramental Mystery and Christian Spirituality | |
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The Sacramental Dimension of All Life | |
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Sacraments and Spirituality | |
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The Essential Characteristics of Sacramental Spirituality | |
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The Initiation and Foundational Church | |
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Baptism: Rebirth in the Christ-Event | |
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The Foundational Charter | |
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Biblical Foundations | |
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Theological and Spiritual Foundations | |
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Christian Initiation: Revitalizing the Tradition | |
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Origins (Until the Third Century) | |
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Patristic Splendor (Third through Fifth Centuries) | |
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Medieval Fragmentation (Fifth Century to Modern Times) | |
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Sacramental Initiation: Current Interpretation and Retrieval | |
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Baptismal Core Beliefs | |
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Principles and Structures of Initiation | |
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Confirmation: Communion in the Holy Spirit | |
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A Mystagogical Vision | |
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Biblical and Historical Origins | |
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The Theology of Confirmation: Reform and Its Future | |
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Eucharist: Center of Christian Existence | |
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The Sacrament of the Reign of God | |
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Christological Origins: Pasch, Reign, and Praxis | |
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Christocentric Spirituality: From Baptism to Eucharist | |
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The Sacrament of the Life of the Church | |
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Key Foundational Images: From the New Testament to the Hellenistic World | |
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Patristic Mystery: The Greco-Roman and Byzantine Church | |
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The Roman Catholic Sacrament: Medieval and Modern | |
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The Sacrament of the Transformation of the World | |
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Sacramentality: Baptismal Foundations | |
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Eschatology: The Risen Christ and the Eucharistic Universe | |
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Real Presence: Theological Shifts | |
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The "Cosmic Christ": Body of Christ and Cosmic Transformation | |
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The Healing Church | |
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Reconciliation: The Sign of Conversion | |
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The Mystery of Reconciliation | |
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Jesus, the Compassion of God | |
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The Church, Servant of Reconciliation | |
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Conversion, the Cutting Edge of Reconciliation | |
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The Lessons of History | |
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The Shift to Public Ecclesial Reconciliation: The Canonical Penance (Third to Seventh Centuries) | |
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The Shift to Repeatable and Individualized Confession: The Tariff Penance (Seventh to Thirteenth Centuries) | |
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The Emphasis on Confession of Sins and Priestly Absolution (Trent to Vatican II) | |
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The Reform and Its Future | |
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Sin and Reconciliation | |
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Celebrating Reconciliation | |
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Perspectives for Renewal | |
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Anointing: Christian Wholeness | |
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The Healing Ministry of Christ | |
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The Tradition of Anointing and Healing | |
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Illness and Christian Healing | |
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Anointing for Divine Glory | |
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The Church at the Service of Communion | |
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Orders and Ministries: The Priest as Servant-Leader | |
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Models of Ministry: Historical Shifts | |
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The Fundamental Priesthood of the Church | |
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The Sacramental Foundations of Ministry | |
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Ministry: Building Up the Church | |
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Marriage: The Call to the Gift of Self | |
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Revitalizing the Tradition | |
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First Millennium: Secular Marriage and Sacramental Mystery | |
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Second Millennium: Ecclesiastical Marriage and Sacramental Contract | |
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A New Theological Interpretation: Five Models | |
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Worship: A Clue to the Theology of Marriage | |
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Models of Marriage | |
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Sacrament of Love and Marital Breakdown | |
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A Grand Feast of Life and Love | |
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Reconsidering Divorce and Remarriage | |
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Conclusion: The Signs of Christian Freedom | |
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Signs of the Prophetic Mission of the Church | |
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Signs That Speak of Christian Freedom | |
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Signs of the Liberating Presence of the Risen Lord | |
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Notes | |
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Bibliography | |
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Index | |