Mysterion Seeking Understanding: How Sacramentality Can Save the Body of Christ. This item is unavailable.Mysterion Seeking Understanding: How Sacramentality Can Save the Body of Christ

The common misconception is that first came the church and then came the sacraments. The reality is that first came God's grace and then came the church and then the church found visible ways to see the invisible grace God bestows. The resulting perspective shift puts Christ where Paul would have us put him, as the head of the church and author or our salvation. This book invites us to see and write about the sacraments not as mere band aids to the problems we face but as lenses for examining our church. Some of the authors delve deep into intellectual conceptions while others make plain what has always seemed so extravagant. The thread they all hold onto however is the desire to help the reader see sacramentality as something wonderous rather than archaic; and to find deep value for sacramentality and the visible signs of God's invisible grace.

The Very Rev Ian S. Markham is the dean of Virginia Theological Seminary and professor of theology and ethics. He is a priest associate at St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Alexandria, VA.




The Rev Jeremy Means-Koss is a graduate of Virginia Theological Seminary with degrees from Wesley Theological Seminary, King's London, and American University. He is a priest associate at Grace Episcopal Church in Alexandria, VA.