Sacraments Of Initiation from ACP Family Bookstore

The late Father Aidan Kavanagh, OSB, professor of liturgics at Yale Divinity School, said that this book "is the most inclusive and accessible introduction to confirmation and its mutations in all the major Churches, East and West." He said that this book scrutinizes both strong and weak points in the seven models of confirmation now extant. This book, says… Read more about this item

In this book, the author traces the history of the rites of initiation and shows how Churches today are converging in their baptismal practice. Though written in an ecumenical spirit, the author neither avoids problems nor minimizes the differences that remain among various liturgical traditions. He has himself been involved directly in continuing reform of initiation rites in… Read more about this item

After a detailed analysis of the rites of initation and the Mass, the author provides homilies of Cyril of Jerusalem, Ambrose of Milan, John Chrysostom of Constantinople, and Theodore of Mopsuestia. Appendices provide the Apostolic Tradition of Hippolytus and the revised Roman rite of baptism. This is a classic work on intiation, of the late twentieth century.

Green hardcover, smyth-sewn binding in good shape. In this anthology, here are the essays: "Christian Initiation: Tactics and Strategy" by Aidan Kavanagh, OSB. "Christian Initation in the New Testament" by Reginald H. Fuller. "Development of the Christian Catechumenate" by Robert M. Grant. "Dissolution of the Rite of Christian Initiation" by Nathan D. Mitchell. "Christian Initiation: The Reformation Period" by Leonel L.… Read more about this item

Cover is faded; page edges are smudged. Interior of book and pages are ok. In this anthology, here are the essays: This is an eminently valuable book, still informative and enlightening.

Help catechumens tell their own stories! You can open new doors for discussion and faith-sharing when you adapt these stories to your group. These narratives fit easily into every step of the RCIA, from precatechumenate to initiation to mystagogia. The author, Father Joseph J. Juknailis is pastor of Blessed Trinity parish in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He teaches homiletics and… Read more about this item