AWARD IN CATHOLIC THEOLOGICAL EDUCATION
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.