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Full of grace and truth: the sacramental economy according to Thomas Aquinas by Vnuk, Joseph

“…We then consider Christ as graced and gracing us, first of all by our configuration to him in the sacraments (using the analogy of clothes), followed by a conformation in grace. …”
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'The dogma is the drama': participation and sacramentality in the plays of Dorothy L. Sayers by Wiedemann Hunt, Margaret

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Sacramental languages and intercommunion: identifying a source of tension between the Catholic and the Reformed churches by O’Loughlin, Thomas

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'Things seen and unseen': the logic of incarnation in Merleau-Ponty's ontology of flesh by Edgar, Orion

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The trinitarian gift unfolded: sacrifice, resurrection, communion by Griffiths, John Mark Ainsley

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A Muslim wife's right to seek dissolution of her marriage and her rights after a divorce: a study of the Malaysian law with special reference to the State of Selangor / Nik Elin Zu... by Nik Abdul Rashid, Nik Elin Zurina

“…Marriage is a sacrament, as well as a contract in Muslim family Law, and like every contractual agreement it can be terminated on several grounds. i.e. through divorce, annulment, the death of either party or by a decree from the courts. …”
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Sound, body and space: audience experience in late medieval English drama by Wright, Clare

“…Therefore, Chapter Two examines vocal sound in Christ before Herod; Chapter Three investigates the effects produced by the actor's physical movements in The Castle of Perseverance, while Chapter Four shifts attention onto the audience's activities in The Play of the Sacrament and how they may have contributed to the dramatic event. …”
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Hearing the gospel in the churches: reflecting on the Revised Common Lectionary by O'Loughlin, Thomas

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The institution of the ‘Ulama’: origin and early development in the formative period by Gilani, Sayyid Muhammad Yunus

“…However, despite the absence of any church, priests and sacraments1, with the passage of time there emerged in the Muslim world a class of religious luminaries who possessed legislative, social and political authority. …”
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‘… a highly practical thing for working and fighting…’ : the ecclesiology of G. K. Chesterton by De Santis, Anthony Nicholas

“…In the final analysis, this thesis argues that Chesterton’s ecclesiology is best understood with reference to the Church Fathers; that Chesterton’s understanding of the Church is ordered to her sacramental nature; and that Chesterton’s ecclesiology is characterized by themes of repentance, deification, martyrdom, tradition, universality, and praise. …”
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The baptism of the Christian adult: theme and variations by Burnish, Raymond

“…It also notes the differences in the situations and audiences for the material considered which is: the Procatechesis, Catecheses, and Mystagogical Catecheses of Cyril, the Catechetical Instructions of John Chrysostom, and the two works on the Faith and the Sacraments of Theodore. In the context of printed rather than oral instruction, a variety of modern works and liturgies are compared to give a composite view of each Church, although catechesis and mystagogy have tended to merge into one area of instruction. …”
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For a biblical regeneration of our Eucharistic practice by O'Loughlin, Thomas

“…Despite this, in recent months no less an authority than Cardinal Robert Sarah, prefect of the Vatican’s Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments has suggested that receiving the broken loaf in the hand is part of ‘the devil’s attack on the church,’ while many bishops seek ways to avoid extending the cup to all present at a celebration of the Eucharist and returning to an older notion of ‘the chalice is for the priest alone.’ …”
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Seeing the world as creation: Christian sources for an environmentalist age by Longbons, Jarrod

“…Also, Maximus’ Eucharistic theology expresses the idea that the church is ultimately the “community of creation,” implying a dual task of “seeing” creation sacramentally and an ethos for earth care. When Maximus’ creation dogma is synthesized with the “leisure” practice of Josef Pieper, we find a helpful tool for Christian environmental care that affirms the goodness of the world’s being. …”
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