Sacramenti 1 RA0507

General Objectives: To introduce the Sacraments in general and the three Sacraments of initiation in particular.

Course Outlines: 1: Common elements to all the Sacraments. 2: Baptism, Confirmation and Eucharist: biblical data; history of the practices; magisterial teaching; systematic vision. 3. Praenotanda of the Rites.

Bibliography: Benedict XVI. Sacramentum Caritatis: Post-Synodal Apostolic Exhortation on the Eucharist as the Source and Summit of the Church’s Life and Mission. Vatican City: Vatican Press, 2007; Bradshaw, Paul, ed. Essays on Early Eastern Eucharistic Prayers. Collegeville: Liturgical Press, 1997; Cabasilas, Nicolaus. The Life in Christ. Crestwood: St Vladimir Seminary, 1998; Catechism of the Catholic Church. Part II, Sections I-II. Vatican City: Vatican Press, 1994; Chupungco, Anscar, ed. Handbook for Liturgical Studies. Vol. 3, The Eucharist. Collegeville: Liturgical Press, 1999; Chupungco, Anscar, ed. Handbook for Liturgical Studies. Vol. 4, Sacraments and Sacramentals. Collegeville: Liturgical Press, 2000; Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments. Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults. Study Edition. Complete text of the Rite Together with Additional Rites Approved for Use of the Diocese of the United States of America. Prepared by the International Commission on English in the Liturgy and the Bishop’s Committee on the Liturgy of the National Conference of Catholic Bishops of the United States of America. Chicago: Liturgy Training Publications, 1998; Deiss, Lucien. It’s the Lord’s Supper. London: Collins Flame Classics, 1986; Denzinger, Heinrich. Enchiridion Symbolorum: A Compendium of Creeds, Definitions and Declarations of the Catholic Church [Latin & English text]. Edited by Peter Hünermann. San Francisco: Ignatius Press, 2012; Emminghaus, Johannes. The Eucharist: Essence, Form, Celebration. Translation by Linda Maloney from the 1992 edition revised and edited by Theodor Maas-Ewerd. Collegeville: Liturgical Press, 1997; Ferguson, Everett. Baptism in the Early Church. History, Theology and Liturgy in the First Five Centuries. Grand Rapids: Eerdemans, 2009; Fink, Peter, ed. New Dictionary of Sacramental Worship. Wilmington: Michael Glazier, 2000; Fisher, John. Christian Initiation: Baptism in the Medieval West: A Study in the Disintegration of the Primitive Rite of Initiation. Chicago: Hillenbrand Books, 2004; Ganoczy, Alexandre. An Introduction to Catholic Sacramental Theology. Preston: Mosaic Press, 2011; International Theological Commission. The Hope of Salvation for Infants Who Die Without Being Baptised. London: Catholic Truth Society, 2007; Irwin, Kevin. Models of the Eucharist. Mahwah: Paulist Press, 2005; John Paul II. Ecclesia de Eucharistia: Encyclical Letter on the Eucharist in Its Relationship to the Church. Vatican City: Vatican Press, 2003; John Paul II. The Theology of the Body: Human Love in the Divine Plan. Boston: Pauline Books and Media, 2005; Johnson, Maxwell. Issues in Eucharistic Praying in East and West: Essays in Liturgical and Theological Analysis. Collegeville: Liturgical Press, 2011; Kereszty, Roch. Wedding Feast of the Lamb: Eucharistic Theology from a Historical, Biblical and Systematic Perspective. Chicago: Hillenbrand Books, 2004; Leijssen, Lambert. With the Silent Glimmer of God’s Spirit: A Postmodern Look at the Sacraments. Mahwah: Paulist Press, 2007; Macy, Gary. The Banquet’s Wisdom: A Short History of the Theologies of the Lord’s Supper. Nashville: OSL Publications, 2005; Martinez, German. Signs of Freedom: Theology of the Christian Sacraments. Mahwah: Paulist Press, 2003; Martos, Joseph. Doors to the Sacred: A Historical Introduction to Sacraments in the Catholic Church. Liguori: Redemptorist Press, 2014; Mazza, Enrico. The Celebration of the Eucharist. The Origin of the Rite and the Development of Its Interpretation. Collegeville: Liturgical Press, 1999; Mazza, Enrico. The Eucharistic Prayers of the Roman Rite. New York: Pueblo Publishing, 1999; McGrath, Alister. Christian Theology: An Introduction. Chichester: Wiley-Blackwell, 2011; Osborne, Kenan. Sacramental Theology: A General Introduction. Mahwah: Paulist Press, 1994; Osborne, Kenan. The Christian Sacraments of Initiation: Baptism, Confirmation, Eucharist. Mahwah: Paulist Press, 1998; Osborne, Kenan. Christian Sacraments in a Postmodern World. A Theology for the Third Millennium. Mahwah: Paulist Press, 2000; Ratzinger, Joseph. God is near us. The Eucharist: The Heart of Life. San Francisco: Ignatius Press, 2003; Sargent, Robert. Walking in Newness of Life: The Sacraments of Initiation. New York: Paulist Press, 2007; Schmeman,

Learning Outcomes: Upon completion of the course, students are expected to understand the “Sacraments-of-faith” from the biblical and dogmatic point of view; to acquire a clearer awareness of the interplay between speculative study, spiritual life and pastoral ministry.