Introduction to Sacramental Theology presents a complete overview
of sacramental theology from the viewpoint of the body. This
viewpoint is supported, in the first place, by Revelation, for
which the sacraments are the place where we enter into contact with
the body of the risen Jesus. It is a viewpoint, secondly, which is
firmly rooted in our concrete human bodily experience, thus
allowing for a strong connection between faith and life, creation
and redemption. From this point of view, the treatise on the
sacraments occupies a strategic role. For the sacraments appear,
not as the last of a series of topics (after dealing with Creation,
Christ, the Church), but as the original place in which to stand in
order to contemplate the entire Christian mystery. This point of
view of the body, which resonates with contemporary philosophy,
sheds fruitful light on classical themes, such as the relationship
of the sacraments with creation, the composition of the sacramental
sign, the efficacy of the sacraments, the sacramental character,
the role of the minister, or the relationship of the sacrament with
the Church as a sacrament. As a result of this approach, the
Eucharist takes on a central role, since this is the sacrament
where the body of Jesus is made present. The rest of the sacraments
are seen as prolongations of the eucharistic body, so as to fill
all the time and space of the faithful. This foundation of the
theology of the sacraments in eucharistic theology is supported by
an analysis of the patristic and medieval tradition. In order to
support its conclusions, Introduction to Sacramental Theology
examines the doctrine of Scripture (especially St. John and St.
Paul), the main patristic and medieval authors (St. Augustine, Hugh
of St. Victor, St. Bonaventure, St. Thomas Aquinas...), the
response of Trent to the protestant challenges, up to modern
authors such as Scheeben, Rahner, Ratzinger, or Chauvet, including
the teaching of Vatican II about the Church as a kind of sacrament.
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