Sentences with phrase «sacramental theology»

In a continuation of that reflection Fr Barrett proposes this sacramental theology as the much needed foundation for modern catechesis for which thinkers such as Rahner and Kasper have been searching.

There was a mixed reception from Karlstadt whose writings, not as numerous as Luther's but numerous enough, were now openly opposing both Luther and the traditional Church on sacramental theology; and a mixed reception from some of his congregation.

Is it possible for you to examine the sacramental theology of the former in his work «For the Life of the World» (especially in the two supplementary essays that are published with it regarding secularism and symbolism) and the theory of the person in the latter's theology?

And this is a condition far more nearly suggestive of Eucharistic communion as it is understood and performed in the Eastern Church and in those elements of the Western Church which embrace a sacramental theology.

He is also a visiting tutor in sacramental theology at St John's Seminary, Wonersh.

In Reformed Protestantism, it served as an architectonic principle for reading the Bible, shaped ecclesiology and sacramental theology, and contributed to the development of new forms of political organization.

Father Paul Keller is assistant professor of sacramental theology at Mt St Mary's of the West Seminary, Cincinnati, and is also the author of 101 Questions & Answers on the Sacraments of Healing: Penance and Anointing.

Selman does not provide us with a historical overview of the development of the sacraments; for that, see Joseph Martos» Doors to the Sacred: A Historical Introduction to Sacraments in the Catholic Church (2001), or, indeed, chapter 4 of Herbert Vorgrimler's Sacramental Theology (1992).

When «The Gift of Salvation» speaks of «needlessly divisive disputes» between Roman Catholics and Evangelicals, it does not refer to the many weighty theological matters on which we still conscientiously disagree, such as sacramental theology, Marian devotion, purgatory, etc. «The Gift of Salvation» takes note of these matters, referring to them as «serious and persistent differences» which are «necessarily interrelated» with the affirmations we have made in common, and are thus future agenda items for us.

These criticisms should not detract from the fact that The Sacraments and the Mystery ofChrist is a very welcome addition to the canon of sacramental theology.

Their liberalism moves very swiftly from sexual ethics to sacramental theology, and thence to other foundational issues — the nature of the priesthood, the authority of the Bible, the very identity of Jesus Christ.

There is a three-fold dynamic in John's sacramental theology.

For his Catholic readers, it could provide a useful matrix not only for bridging the gap between law and love but also for reaching across the chasm between moral theology and sacramental theology.

To a great extent, the dimension of hope or futurity has been lost sight of in sacramental theology, just as it has disappeared from our inherited notions of revelation.

The most solid sacramental theology you hear this week may come from the five - year - old who tells you she thinks she is ready to receive communion because, simply, «I can eat.»

Lest this observation be dismissed as just a superficial matter of techniques, let me immediately say that such ignorance applies most emphatically on the level of sacramental theology and liturgical theology in general.

Father Timothy Finigan is the parish priest of Our Lady of the Rosary, Blackfen, and a visiting tutor in Sacramental Theology at St John's Seminary Wonersh.

I see two indications: recent developments in sacramental theology have helped us to understand the sacraments more clearly as divine actions, and the new sacramental services of the major denominations have made this understanding much more explicit for all to grasp.

I did this because the Archbishop had done his doctoral studies in sacramental theology, and some time ago Fr David Barrett had written some articles on this subject.

This is not to advocate for Luther's sacramental theology.

An important principle of sacramental theology is that Sacraments cause by signifying.

The state of neo-scholastic sacramental theology in the mid twentieth century may be typified by Bernard Leeming's magisterial work, Principles of Sacramental Theology (1955).

I picked up an old Everyman edition of John Henry Newman's Apologia Pro Vita Sua in a secondhand bookshop, and, reading it, discovered that there was a beautiful and spiritual rationale for Catholic sacramental theology.

The insight that sacramental theology was the hinge for the «sum» in Luther's thinking in 1518 is widely acknowledged in the scholarly literature.

The problem in sacramental theology that proved crucial for Luther was that of the relation among the outward sacramental action, the grace of God, and the faith required of the participant in the sacrament.

This is indeed new; Luther seems to have paid no serious attention to sacramental theology until he got embroiled in the indulgence controversy.

Still, his idea that visual sensibilities and sacramental theologies are mutually supportive is intriguing.

Not exact matches

Luther's impatient arguments for the reform of sacramental practice and theology, and his frequent vilification of received usages and opinions, should not therefore be allowed to obscure what might be called his «deep catholic» commitment to the sacramentality of grace, with its unmistakable Patristic resonances.

Where the critical point in his earlier theology of grace is God's crucifying contradiction of sinful human nature, here the point on which everything hinges is the authority of Christ the Savior, exercised concretely in the sacramental signs of the Church.

Should the See of Constantinople cease to exist or be transferred to another location, the Orthodox Church would remain the same in terms of its structure of authority, its theology, and its sacramental reality.

By the seventeenth century, however, the Anglican divines had begun to develop a theology of marriage to replace the sacramental model of marriage that the Thirty - Nine Articles clearly denied.

Of course, it is never fair to criticize an author for the book that he did not write, but the omission of a contemporary presentation of the sacramental model accounts in my judgment for the somewhat skewed presentation that Witte gives of the Catholic theology of marriage.

Sustained by prayer, especially before the Blessed Sacrament and in the Divine Office of the Church, and by the sacramental life, she was immersed in theology, particularly spiritual and mystical theology; she also retained her love of literature.

The recent sacramental rites published by Episcopalians, Roman Catholics, Lutherans, the United Church of Christ, Presbyterians and United Methodists have a much richer and deeper theology of God acting in and through the sacraments to give himself to us.

To suggest that the Church can, by accompaniment, usher believers into suicide with a sacramental endorsement is inconsistent with Catholic moral theology.

He specifically noted «It appears, indeed, consciously orunconsciously to promote a view of sacramental and ecclesiological theology that contrasts with the intentions of the Holy See.»

While natural law and Augustine's moral theology might be difficult for some, the rules derived from them were understood by ordinary Catholics: Sexual intimacy is permissible only in a sacramental marriage between one man and one woman, and the purpose of marriage is the procreation and education of children.

And we articulated the second objection by insisting that a Christian theology of revelation must not be isolated from the revelation of mystery as it occurs in the sacramental, mystical, silent, and active features of other religions as well.

In an older theology this would be described in terms of what was known as «the principle of incarnation» or «the sacramental principle»: that is, things divine are expressed and made known in and by things creaturely.

The Mercersburg theology of John W. Nevin and Philip Schaff offers a sacramental understanding of Reformed theology centered on union with Christ.

Notwithstanding these reservations, Heavenly Participation: The Weaving of a Sacramental Tapestry is a promising sign of evangelical theology seeking to root itself more deeply in the tradition of the Church.

The preaching of the Gospel as a sacramental event is at the heart of Reformation theology.

It completes this proposed inculturation through a sacramental vision of creation inspired by Karl Rahner's theology of nature and grace.

Moreover, the human body in itself is in some sense sacramental and it is from this perspective that John Paul wants to study the human body as a theology, as a sign of the spiritual and divine mystery.

In a church that has a strong commitment to covenant theology, that practice would seem to be the logical outgrowth of the theological premises, but the measure is being strongly opposed by those who feel that it would represent a serious lowering of the solemnity of the sacramental occasion.