The Reconciling Community: Rite of Penance: No 3 (Studies in the Reformed Rites of the Catholic Church) - Softcover

Dallen, James

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0916134768 ISBN 13: 9780916134761

Publisher: Pueblo Publishing Co ,U.S., 1990

Synopsis

To disclose the underlying mystery of the Church in relation to Christ and sinners, James Dallen traces the complex development of ecclesial repentance from the Church's first centuries to the present time. He shows that the Church has always worked with sinful members, assisting them to live out the implications of their baptismal conversion and recognizing them as members of its assemblies. It is in this history, the tradition that survives from those who have gone before marked by the sign of faith, that the Church must find the way to exercise the ministry of reconciliation today and in the future.

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This is the book for understanding the history, theology, and practice of the Rite of Penance. A must-have reference for liturgists and priests. A true classic!Rite

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Father Dallen writes about the concrete ways in which the Roman Catholic Church has dealt with sinners in its midst, assisting them to live out the implications of their baptismal conversion and recognizing them once more as members of its assemblies. He studies the underlying mystery of the Church in relation to Christ and the sinner through the forms this sacrament has taken in the past to help illustrate how the Church can exercise the ministry of reconciliation both now and in the future.

Edition details

• Publisher: Pueblo Publishing Co ,U.S.
• Publication date: 1990
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0916134768
• ISBN 13: 9780916134761
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 446