Welcoming Church: Christian Initiation

by John Begley

Overview

Eastern Orthodox and Western Catholic Christians will use and enjoy The Welcoming Church, a collection of liturgical and patristic sources for the sacraments of Baptism, Confirmation, and the Eucharist. The work will provide all with easy access to the sources which document the rich sacramental heritage.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780940866904
Publisher:	University of Scranton Press
Publication date:	04/30/2005
Series:	MLKAM-Screen Arts and New Media Aesthetics Ser.
Pages:	207
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

Father John J. Begley, S.J. is an Associate Professor in the Theology Department of the University of Scranton in Scranton, Pennsylvania.

Table of Contents

Introduction
 
Acknowledgments
 
1. The Sacraments of Initiation in The New Testament
2. The Didache
3. The Apology of Justin Martyr
4. The Apostolic Tradition of Hippolytus
5. The Anaphora of Addai and Mari
6. The Euchologion of Serapion
7. The Apostolic Constitutions
8. The Anaphoras of Basil and John Chrysostom
9. The Roman Canon
10. The Rite of Christian Initiation
11. The Mystagogical Lectures of St. Cyril of Jerusalem
12. John Chrysostom
13. The De Sacramentis of St. Ambrose of Milan
14. The Baptismal Homilies of Theodore of Mopsuestia
15. Egeria's Diary of a Pilgrimage
16. The Letter of John the Deacon
 
Index and Survey of the Rites of Initiation
Translations
Bibliography
Index of Topics
Index of Names