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Examines each of the sacraments as well its history, form and its impact on the lives of those who give and receive themm___
A sacrament according to St. Thomas Aquinas is ""the sign of a sacred thing in so far as it sanctifies men."" St Augustine called it ""a visible form of an invisible grace.""The sacraments are essential to the life of the Church in most traditions but they have received little a…
Chronicles the historical and cultural evolution of Catholic sacramental rituals and practices, focusing on the seven ecclesial sacraments: baptism, confirmation, the Eucharist, reconciliation, anointing, marriage, and orders.
Cyprian wrote his treatise De ecclesiae catholicae unitate to discuss the relationship between the church and salvation. To counter the Novatian schism in Rome, Cyprian virtually equated the spiritual and visible church. Schismatics necessarily placed themselves outside the spir…
René Girard’s mimetic theory posits that culture is predicated upon religion, which in turn is predicated on sacrifice that stems from mimetic behavior. In archaic systems, culture is ultimately rooted in a violent scapegoating mechanism whereby human violence is attributed to t…
In The Means of Grace, Andrew C. Thompson presents a clear and accessible explanation of the core tenants John Wesley instilled in the early Methodist movement-baptism, searching the Scriptures, prayer, the Lord's Supper, fasting, fellowship, accountability, works of mercy, and …
From the writer’s research and experience, hospitalized patients regularly seek God for support and desire access to spiritual, religious, and emotional care to cope. In the awareness of the importance of emotional and spiritual well-being in connection to healthcare, many medic…
In this dissertation, I examine Cyril of Jerusalem's construction of Christian identity for those who were preparing to enter into full communion with the church at Easter. In order to include the full catechetical teachings of the fourth-century hagiopolite tradition, I have ex…
