Sacramental Theology
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History shows that a commitment to solus Christus is based upon Scripture and the earliest Christian documents. Commitment to this doctrine was lost, though, after extra-biblical and traditional elements entered the church and became... more
Careful attention to the biblical text and to St Maximus inspire human beings to revalue creation, their home and not long for its destruction but for its redemption alongside the redemption of the children of God. It is only through the... more
For years, critics and fans of C. S. Lewis have noted his curious attentiveness to descriptions of food and scenes of eating. Some attempts have been made to interpret Lewis’s use of food, but never in a manner comprehensively unifying... more
Succinctly argues that the official Catholic theology of marriage may have been true in the Middle Ages, but no longer.
An examination of Rahner’s theology and cognitive linguistics shows that the two are basically in accord concerning sacramental efficacy. This article also puts cognitive linguistics into conversation with Rahner’s theologies of... more
This paper explores the impact of Zwinglian theology and the dynamics of Evangelical history on Low Church, Protestant, Evangelical sacramental theology and the practice of the Eucharist.
The Anointing of the Sick is possibly the most underappreciated and understudied sacrament. In To Die Is Gain, Roger Nutt seeks to bring greater attention to and appreciation for the Anointing of the Sick. Beginning with an examination of... more
Here are the first pages of my new book on general sacramental theology.
Puedes adquirir el libro en la web de la editorial:
http://www.sigueme.es/libros/derecho-parroquial.html
http://www.sigueme.es/libros/derecho-parroquial.html
This is the (earlier) electronically-submitted version of my M.Th. thesis, wherein I explore the question of whether a Eucharistic consecration in sign language is valid. I explore the question from both a systematic (emphasising... more
Eucaristía, Eunsa-Instituto superior de ciencias religiosas, Pamplona 2018, 144 pp. En estas líneas queremos profundizar lo que el concilio Vaticano II ha llamado la "cumbre y fuente" de la vida cristiana (cf. LG 11, PO 5, SC 10), el... more
This study explores common ground and affinities between Christian Orthodoxy and Pentecostalism in theology, spirituality, cosmology, anthropology and the understanding of rites and sacraments. The focus is on the understanding and... more
Coming soon...
Written for the course 'Sacramental Theology' at Boston University
Written for the course 'Sacramental Theology' at Boston University
GRAHAM GREENE’S CATHOLICISM: FIRST, AN INTELLECTUAL BELIEF IN GOD THE POWER AND THE GLORY II In this second bulletin, I outline the first two of three forms of Greene’s religion: 1) the Erastian public school Anglicanism undergirding... more
This paper is a linguistically-oriented evaluation of Joseph Martos´ 2015 tome entitled Deconstructing Sacramental Theology. My analysis engages critically with Martos´ tracing of the development of sacramental language from the New... more
First of all, the author distinguishes between four types of sacra-mentality-the universal sacramentality (appropriate to Christ), the extensive sacramentality (appropriate to the Church), the organic sacramentality (appropri-ate to the... more
Annual C.C. Grafton Commemoration
Episcopal Cathedral of St. Paul, Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, August 25, 2012
Episcopal Cathedral of St. Paul, Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, August 25, 2012
Short paper exploring how baptism fits within an ecclesiology of the church as gospel along with the plausibility factors that have given rise to celebrations of individual life-transformation choices (i.e. "Believer's Baptism").
Fellowship of Catholic Scholars Quarterly 28:2 (Summer 2005): 36-38.
The “sacramental imagination” is closely associated with writers from the Roman Catholic tradition. However, Marilynne Robinson, drawing on the creational and sacramental theology of John Calvin, has successfully developed a distinctly... more
"Our words indicate our thoughts, but our thoughts don't make anything happen…. It's not the same with God." In Speaking the Love of God: An Introduction to the Sacraments, Dr. Jacob W. Wood shows how Christ gives his Church the power to... more
Trên hành trình sống đức tin mà Đức Gioan Phaolô II đã đưa ra cho Giáo Hội vào lúc bình minh của ngàn năm thứ ba, ngày 17 tháng 4 năm 2003, thứ năm Tuần Thánh, năm thứ 25 triều đại giáo hoàng của ngài và cũng là năm Mân Côi, Thông điệp... more
A resource book I edited and contributed to for the denomination ECO: A Covenant Order of Evangelical Presbyterians.
Paul is alone among New Testament authors in using LXX Malachi’s τραπέζης κυρίου (trapeza kyriou, table of the Lord). In bringing his lengthy section on Christian freedom to a close, Paul addresses a specific concern of the Corinthian... more
Here are the Table of Contents and first pages from my new book on general sacramental theology.
There have been few serious attempts to develop theologies of ordination. This essay considers whether ordination lies within or outside the boundaries of Biblical theology. It analyses the topic of ordination from the perspective of... more
Kreuzzeichen und Katechumensalbung; Taufe; Salbung mit Chrisam; Bekleidung mit dem weißen Taufgewand; Taufkerze The Signs of Baptism for Children: Sign of the cross; Anointing with the oil of catechumens - Baptism - Anointing with Chrisam... more
This article analyses the debates about mixed marriages held within the Roman Curia (and especially the Roman Inquisition) between the sixteenth and the eighteenth centuries, integrating these debates with the normative and prescriptive... more
Se expone la estructura del tratado de los sacramentos en general en santo Tomás y cuestión III, 60.
Since being elected to the Chair of St. Peter on March 13, 2013, Pope Francis has given unique shape to the meaning of the new evangelization. With his emphasis on the concept of encounter, and his stunning expression of pastoral ministry... more
For centuries, Christian theology has understood the Eucharist in terms of metaphysics or in protest against it. Today an opening has been made to imagine the sacrament through the method of phenomenology, bringing about new theological... more
This essay argues that the center of Quaker Faith and Practice is the immediacy of Christ; connected to the center are convictions regarding authentic worship, universal ministry, incarnational sacramentology, nonviolent peacemaking,... more
In Leaving and Coming Home: New Wineskins for Catholic
Sexual Ethics, ed. David Cloutier, 62-84. Eugene, Oregon: Cascade Books, 2010.
Sexual Ethics, ed. David Cloutier, 62-84. Eugene, Oregon: Cascade Books, 2010.
The article is devoted to the movement of Baptist sacramentalism, which emerged in the middle of the 20th century in British Baptism and developed actively in 2000’s. The singularity of the very notion sacramentalism in Baptist movement,... more
The study describes some fundamental elements of Eucharistic doctrine of St Ambrose of Milan. It develops the idea of the Eucharist as the Bread of Life, as Nourishment on the Way and focuses especially on the Forgiveness of Sins and... more
This is a translation of Aquinas' letter to a fellow brother of his order that has never been translated into English. It contains six unconventional articles which are responses to five questions that Aquinas rightly considers somewhat... more