Catholicism: The Story of Catholic Christianity, 2nd Edn
Gerald O'Collins, S. J. and Mario Farrugia, S. J.
Abstract
After two chapters on the rise and history of Catholic Christianity, the book explains systematically how the beliefs and practices of Catholicism came to be what they are. A chapter on revelation, tradition, and scripture introduces six chapters, which set out Catholic doctrines in the order in which they developed: the Trinity and the Incarnation; sin, the life of grace, and the promise of glory; the seven sacraments; the nature of the Church and its mission; and Catholic moral life and teaching. The book ends by drawing together major characteristics of Catholic Christianity and setting out ... More
After two chapters on the rise and history of Catholic Christianity, the book explains systematically how the beliefs and practices of Catholicism came to be what they are. A chapter on revelation, tradition, and scripture introduces six chapters, which set out Catholic doctrines in the order in which they developed: the Trinity and the Incarnation; sin, the life of grace, and the promise of glory; the seven sacraments; the nature of the Church and its mission; and Catholic moral life and teaching. The book ends by drawing together major characteristics of Catholic Christianity and setting out some central challenges that the Catholic Church now faces. The central aim of the book is to present, with ecumenical sensitivity, the world’s oldest and largest institution, the Roman Catholic Church.
Keywords:
beliefs,
challenges,
Christianity,
Church,
history,
practices
Bibliographic Information
| Print publication date: 2014 |
Print ISBN-13: 9780198728184 |
| Published to Oxford Scholarship Online: January 2015 |
DOI:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198728184.001.0001 |
Authors
Affiliations are at time of print publication.
Gerald O'Collins, S. J., author
Gregorian University, Rome, Italy
Mario Farrugia, S. J., author
Gregorian University, Rome
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