Christian Sacraments and Christian Personality Religion Paperback Book 1968

Sacraments, long an integral part of Christian living, take on a new, all-pervading meaning in CHRISTIAN SACRAMENTS AND CHRISTIAN PERSONALITY. 

In this outstanding book, Bernard Cooke, S.J., considers the sacraments, with special emphasis on Baptism and the Eucharist, as dynamic forces in Christian life and the formation of a mature Christian personality. 

Throughout, Father Cooke's scholarship and deep spiritual insight are apparent as he explains with clarity and understanding theology as it must be lived today. 

The author first discusses Baptism in detail as the initial self-commitment, the beginning of Christian supernatural life.

This leads to a consideration of grace and its role in making man a truly free being and as such fully mature. 

The relevance of the sacraments to the individual is underlined in the treatment of other sacraments under such topics as "Christian Maturity" and "Christian Decisiveness." But the heart of the book is the discussion of the Eucharist, which Father Cooke calls the center and epitome of Christianity. 

He considers it as the supreme prayer and act of worship of the church, the focal point of the other sacraments, and the source of their fulfillment.

CHRISTIAN SACRAMENTS AND CHRISTIAN PERSONALITY opens whole new vistas in Christian sacramental living by clarifying the sacraments as encounters with the risen Christ today dynamic, vital, and necessary.

Book is in good condition. General shelf and corner wear. Some white marks on the front and back cover. Some fraying along the cover edges. Staining on front and back cover. Previous owner wrote on inside of front cover. Creasing on front cover. A solid reading copy. Please see photos for details, and let me know if you have any questions.

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