Description
Book SynopsisThe Rite of Christian Initiation
Table of ContentsContents Introduction ix
The Tradition Chapter One
The Foundations 3
Ablutions and Baptisms in Judaism 6
The New Testament 11
Baptism in New Testament Churches 23
Chapter Two
The Ritualization of Christian Initiation 35
Aboriginal Patterns: East Syria and the Graeco-Latin West 40
Roman Adaptation of the Initiatory Pattern of Hippolytus 54
The Reforms Chapter Three
The Reforms of the Second Vatican Council: The Context 81
Baptismal Debates: 1937-1964 86
Chapter Four
The Reforms of the Second Vatican Council: The Norm of Baptism 102
The Reforms of the Council 103
The Norm of the Eucharist 106
The Norm of Baptism 109
The Pastoral Roots of the Norm of Baptism 115
Chapter Five
The Reforms of the Second Vatican Council: The Rites of Adult Initiation 126
The Structure of the Rites of Adult Initiation 128
Evangelization and Precatechumenate 129
The Catechumenate 129
Period of Purification and Enlightenment 133
The Sacraments of Initiation 134
Period of Postbaptismal Catechesis or Mystagogia 142
Observations 144
The Future Chapter Six
Speculations, Observations, and Conclusions 153
The Pastoral Sensitivity of Baptism 154
The Meaning and Knowledge of Baptism 158
Pastoral Observations 163
Pastoral Cautions 180
Theological Observations 194
Summary 199
Bibliography 205
Index 216
