Contents
Foreword by David W. Fagerberg
Preface
List of Abbreviations
Chapter 1. The Sacraments, a Place in Which to Contemplate the Mystery
Part 1. The Sacraments, Deeply Rooted in the Flesh of Jesus
Chapter 2. The Origin of the Sacraments in the Rite of Jesus
Chapter 3. Signs and Works: The Sacramental Outlook of St. John
Chapter 4. From St. Paul to the mysterion-sacramentum
Chapter 5. The Institution of the Sacraments in the Flesh of Christ
Part 2. The Sacraments, Ritual Opening of the Symbolic Space of Jesus
Chapter 6. The Roots of the Sacraments in Creation
Chapter 7. Sacraments of History: The Old Covenant
Chapter 8. Signs of Charity: The Sacraments in St. Augustine
Chapter 9. Sign and Cause of Grace: The Sacraments in the Medieval Synthesis
Chapter 10. Sacrament, Word, Body: Protestant Crisis, Catholic Reform, Modern Perspectives
Chapter 11. Architecture of the Sacrament: The Symbolic Space
Part 3. Toward a Sacramental Way of Living
Chapter 12. The Sacramental Character
Chapter 13. The Sacraments and Christian Action
Chapter 14. Ministry: Sacramental Fatherhood
Chapter 15. Seven Sacraments in the Church-Sacrament
Selected Bibliography
Scriptural Index
General Index