The Eastern Catholic Churches
The Eastern Catholic Churches

Author: Joan L. Roccasalvo

Publisher: Liturgical Press

Published: 1992

Total Pages: 76

ISBN-13: 9780814620472

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In recent years a new interest in the Eastern Churches has emerged in the Western Churches both Catholic and Protestant. The reader of this work will find answers to such fundamental questions as Who are Eastern Catholics?" "How did the Eastern Catholic Churches originate?" "Who are Orthodox Christians?" "How do Orthodox Christians differ from Eastern Catholics?" "Why do so many diverse Eastern Churches exist?" While it cannot answer all these questions thoroughly, this concise booklet can help interested laity, theological students, and ministers come to understand and respect Eastern Catholicism for its many contributions to the universal Catholic Church.

101 Questions and Answers on Deacons
101 Questions and Answers on Deacons

Author: William T. Ditewig

Publisher: Paulist Press

Published: 2014-05-14

Total Pages: 135

ISBN-13: 1616431113

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Taken together, these questions explore the role of deacons in the contemporary church, the formation of deacons, what it is like to live as a deacon, and the role of deacons as ministers of the word, the liturgy, and as apostolic leaders in service.

101 Questions and Answers on the Eucharist
101 Questions and Answers on the Eucharist

Author: Giles Dimock

Publisher: Paulist Press

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 164

ISBN-13: 9780809143658

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In this book Giles Dimock answers some the most commonly asked questions about the Eucharist that have been posed to him in his preaching and teaching. He starts off with questions on the Jewish background of Eucharist and then examines the Last Supper and its theology in the light of the Paschal Mystery. Some of the other questions deal with transubstantiation, sacrifice, Real Presence, communion, and intercommunion. Fr. Dimock's answers are both practical and ecumenical. The questions range from the straightforward "Why is the Eucharist called Holy Communion," "What is Forty Hours," to the more involved "What is said about the Eucharist in the Code of Canon Law?" Father Dimock places the teaching of the Church on the Eucharist in conciliar and papal documentation. Here is a book, appropriately appearing at the culmination of the Year of the Eucharist, that will satisfy the spiritual as well as theological curiosity of college students and seminarians studying the Eucharist, as well as probing, informed lay people. +

American Eastern Catholics
American Eastern Catholics

Author: Fred J Saato

Publisher: Paulist Press

Published: 2014-05-14

Total Pages: 184

ISBN-13: 1616436883

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Examines the long and often difficult history of the Eastern-Church Catholics (e.g., Melkites, Maronites, Ruthenians, Copts, Ukrainians) and their relationship, often tenuous, with Rome.

The Vision of Vatican II
The Vision of Vatican II

Author: Ormond Rush

Publisher: Liturgical Press

Published: 2019-06-27

Total Pages: 624

ISBN-13: 0814680992

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2020 Catholic Press Association first place award, theology--theological and philosophical studies This book is unique in the literature about Vatican II. From the manifold issues debated at the council and formulated in its sixteen documents, Ormond Rush proposes that the salient features of “the vision of Vatican II” can be captured in twenty-four principles. He concludes by proposing that these principles can function as criteria for assessing the reception of the conciliar vision over the last five decades and into the future. There is no other book that attempts such a comprehensive synthesis of the council’s vision for renewal and reform of the Catholic Church.