Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Part I. Methodological and Doctrinal Considerations for a Theology of the Sacraments
1. The Sacraments as Theology: Wisdom and Theological Method
2. Sin, Redemption, and the Sacramental Economy of Salvation: The Theological Foundations of the Seven Sacraments
Part II. Understanding the Sacraments as Signs
3. The Nature of the Sacraments as Signs
4. Sacramental Matter and Form
5. Sacramental Intention
6. The Necessity of the Sacraments
Part III. Sacramental Causality, Grace, and Character
7. Sacramental Causality
8. Sacramental Grace
9. Sacramental Character
10. Sacramentum Tantum, Res et Sacramentum, Res Tantum
11. The Institution and Authority of the Sacraments
Conclusion: Principles of a Sacramental Spirituality
Bibliography
Index