The Shape of Baptism
The Rite of Christian Initiation
1st Edition
Published on 7. April 2017
240 pages
978-0-8146-6301-1 (ISBN)
Description
After revealing the genesis of the Roman tradition of initiation, Kavanagh moves on to the tensions between traditional practice and the need for change. He stresses the Church's ongoing need to focus its efforts on its main concern - the initiation of new members.
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Aidan Kavanagh, OSB, (1926-2006) founded the doctoral program in liturgical studies at Notre Dame and served as professor of liturgics at the Yale Institute of Sacred Music and Yale Divinity School. His texts on liturgy, rites of initiation, and liturgical theology made him a significant figure in American Catholic liturgiology. He is the author of Elements of Rite, On Liturgical Theology, and The Shape of Baptism published by Liturgical Press.
Content
- Intro
- Titlepage
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- Introduction
- The Tradition
- Chapter One:The Foundations
- Ablutions and Baptisms in Judaism
- The New Testament
- Baptism in New Testament Churches
- Chapter Two: The Ritualization of Christian Initiation
- Aboriginal Patterns: East Syria and the Graeco-Latin West
- Roman Adaptation of the Initiatory Pattern of Hippolytus
- The Reforms
- Chapter Three: The Reforms of the Second Vatican Council: The Context
- Baptismal Debates: 1937-1964
- Chapter Four: The Reforms of the Second Vatican Council: The Norm of Baptism
- The Reforms of the Council
- The Norm of the Eucharist
- The Norm of Baptism
- The Pastoral Roots of the Norm of Baptism
- Chapter Five: The Reforms of the Second Vatican Council: The Rites of Adult Initiation
- The Structure of the Rites of Adult Initiation
- Evangelization and Precatechumenate
- The Catechumenate
- Period of Purification and Enlightenment
- The Sacraments of Initiation
- Period of Postbaptismal Catechesis or Mystagogia
- Observations
- The Future
- Chapter Six: Speculations, Observations, and Conclusions
- The Pastoral Sensitivity of Baptism
- The Meaning and Knowledge of Baptism
- Pastoral Observations
- Pastoral Cautions
- Theological Observations
- Summary
- Bibliography
