Sacramental  Theology         
 

• Introduction to the Sacraments
• What is a sacrament?
• Experience of God’s revelation
• Sacraments in the history of the Church
• Jesus as Sacrament
• The Church as Sacrament
• Sacraments of the Church

 

• The Sacraments of Initiation: Baptism, Confirmation, Eucharist
• The notion of initiation
• History of Christian Initiation
• Baptism in the New Testament
• The Rite of Christian Initiation of  Adults
• Christian Initiation of children of catechetical age
• Dialogue with other Christian Churches

 

• The Sacrament of Confirmation
• The Mission of Jesus; the mission of the Spirit.
• History of the Sacrament
• The place of confirmation in the process of initiation.

 

• Eucharist
• Eucharist as the climax of the initiation process
• Eucharist as celebration
• The Real Presence
• The Reformation and the Council of Trent
• Communion in light of the Second Vatican Council

 

• Sacraments of Healing
• Jesus as healer and reconciler
• History of the Sacrament of Penance
• Understanding the need for Reconciliation
• History of the sacrament
• Scriptural perspective (with special attention to James 5)
• Towards a renewed understanding of the Sacrament of Anointing.

 

• Sacraments of service
• Marriage in the Old and New Testaments
• Vatican II and the 1983 Code of Canon Law
• Ministry in the New Testament
• Ordination: threefold ministry.