[DOWNLOAD] "Sacraments of Initiation, Second Edition" by Liam G. Walsh OP # eBook PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: Sacraments of Initiation, Second Edition
- Author : Liam G. Walsh OP
- Release Date : January 27, 2012
- Genre: Christianity,Books,Religion & Spirituality,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 1835 KB
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The original edition of this book, in 1988, presented a theology of sacraments that emerged out of a Church stirred into new life by the Second Vatican Council. This new edition has the advantage of being able to look not only at the reception of its contents, but also at the way some counter-currents have developed over those years, both in theory and in practice. The sacramental theology contained in this study maintains the broad on-going agreement between what it proposes and mainstream Church teaching and practice, it has, as a work of theology, to take seriously some of the alternatives.
The book examines and documents the tradition of sacramental practice and teaching. Biblical and historical studies continue to uncover new riches of the tradition, and account is taken of recent findings in this new edition. A careful listening to the tradition of rite and word is truly indispensable for sacramental theology. It was out of such listening that Vatican II teaching on sacraments emerged. It was out of such listening that sacramental practice was reviewed by the Council, and provision was made for recovering the full richness of the tradition.