Church at Prayer: Volume III: The Sacraments

by Robert Cabie, Jean Evenou, Pierre Jounel

Overview

With The Sacraments, the task of publishing a new revision and new translation of A. G. Martimort’s monumental L'Église en Prière (1965) is complete. This up-to-date series, THE CHURCH AT PRAYER, is a welcome addition to the bookshelves of liturgical scholars and educated lay readers, and the four-volume set will serve well as basic texts for an introduction to the liturgy.

The authors of The Sacraments survey the origin and development of the sacramental rites through a careful scrutiny of various pontifical, rituals, sacramentaries, and euchologia of the past and present. The scope of the book goes beyond the seven sacraments to provide a wealth of information about monastic rites and religious profession, Christian death, the consecration of virgins, the several ministries instituted by Vatican II, blessings, processions and pilgrimages, and numerous aspects of “popular” religion.

THE CHURCH AT PRAYER includes the following volumes: I Principles of the Liturgy, II The Eucharist, III The Sacraments and IV The Liturgy and Time.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780814613658
Publisher:	Liturgical Press
Publication date:	01/01/1988
Series:	Church at Prayer , #3
Pages:	348
Product dimensions:	6.05(w) x 8.99(h) x 0.69(d)

About the Author

Adrien Nocent, OSB (1913–1996), was a Belgian monk and professor at the Pontifical Atheneum of Saint Anselm in Rome. He served as a consultor for the Consilium for the Implementation of the Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy of the Second Vatican Council, working especially on the revision of Holy Week and of the Lectionary for Mass.

Table of Contents

Contents
Preface (A. G. Martimort)   vii
Abbreviations   xi
Introduction: The Pontifical and the Ritual (P. Jounel)   1
Chapter I:  Christian Initiation (R. Cabié)   11
     Article I:  The Origins of Christian Initiation (To the Middle of the Second Century)   13
     Article II:  The Organization of the Ritual of Initiation Until the Spread of Infant Baptism (Mid-second to Sixth Century)   17
     Article III:  The Evolution of Christian Initiation from the Sixth to the Twentieth Century   64
     Article IV:  The Celebration of Initiation After Vatican II   84
     Article V:  Commemorations of Baptism   97
Chapter II:  Penance and Reconciliation (P. M. Gy)   101
Chapter III:  Prayer for the Sick and Sacramental Anointing (A. G. Martimort)   117
Chapter IV:  Ordinations (P. Jounel)   139
Chapter V:  Instituted Ministries (P. Jounel)   181
Chapter VI:  Marriage (J. Evenou)   185
Chapter VII:  The Consecration of Virgins (A. Nocent)   209
Chapter VIII:  Christian Death (D. Sicard)   221
Chapter IX:  Processions, Pilgrimages, Popular Religion (J. Evenou)   241 
Chapter X:  Blessings (P. Jounel)   263
Chapter XI:  Monastic Rites and Religious Profession (A. Nocent)   285
Index   310