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A carregar... Swear to God: The Promise and Power of the Sacramentspor Scott Hahn
   Nenhum(a) Ainda não há conversas na Discussão sobre este livro.   StFrancisofAssisi | Mar 12, 2020 |  "Passover, the Eucharist, and the heavenly liturgy, then, are two-edged swords. While the chalices of the covenant bring life to the faithful, they mean certain death to those who reject the covenant. In the New Covenant, as in the Old, God gives man the choice between life and death, blessing and curse (Dt30:19). To choose the covenant is to choose eternal life in God's family. To reject the New Covenant in Christ's blood is to choose one's own death." Written by someone who, in his own words, once found the sacraments "boring" & who once held the church he is now a member of "in contempt" allows for a narrative approach and POV that is interesting to say the least (well at least to my cradle Catholic sensibilities anyhow). This is not my first Scott Hahn book and it, hopefully, won't be my last. The writing style is clear and concise and aimed at laymen - I read it without much difficulty and found many lines to go back to. I do admit that the main reason I initially gravitated towards this title was due to fact that I had Protestant friends and also knew Catholics who had join other Protestant churches. I could not myself fathom wanting to leave the Eucharist or the rich sacraments of the Mother Church. But I suppose the Lord paves the paths that are the most fruitful for his children. And sometimes those paths may lead us away before it leads us back to Him. Source: Bought off Book Depository First Finished: 5march2017 (  ) kephradyx | Jun 20, 2017 | inayabiblioteca | Jul 27, 2013 | Angulo-Fernandez | Sep 24, 2011 |  ) ElTomaso | Jun 18, 2006 | sem críticas | adicionar uma crítica
The most solemn, majestic, and beautiful gifts that Jesus Christ gave to the world are His sacraments. He endowed them with unprecedented and unparalleled power--power to change lives, save souls, and share God's very life. The sacraments are the ordinary means by which God directs the course of each human life and all of world history. The Church celebrates seven sacraments: baptism, Eucharist, confirmation, matrimony, holy orders, confession, and anointing of the sick. Each was established by Jesus for the sake of salvation. When Jesus spoke of the sacraments, He made clear that they were essential: Unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God (Jn 3:5) . . . unless you eat of the flesh of the Son of man and drink His blood, you have no life in you (Jn 6: 53). In Swear to God, Dr. Scott Hahn explores the richness of Christ's sacraments--their doctrine, history, symbols, and rituals. Drawing upon the Bible and the Church's tradition, he shows how God's covenants--with Adam, Noah, Abraham, Moses, and David--became the driving forces in history. When Jesus came to fulfill all these covenants, He established a new covenant, with greater power than ever before. Christians are God's children now. Joined to Christ by baptism, we can already share in the eternal life of the Trinity, a life we hope to know fully in heaven. But heaven is with us, even now, in the sacraments. Não foram encontradas descrições de bibliotecas. |
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