THEO3470 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Second Vatican Council
Document Summary
O"shea, fr bill & gagen the sacraments of the church . Represent a particular understanding of the relationship between christ and the church. Centuries 1-6: sacramentum (mystery, describes various aspects of the nature and life of the church. 13th century: 7 sacraments, took time for the church to formally understand the sacraments. Sacraments = gods incarnational" way of approaching and relating to human beings. Church teaches that the first and primary sacrament is jesus christ. God chose to save humanity and to communicate his life and grace by becoming a man who walked and lived among us. Only jesus can be fully the sacrament of god"s presence: the fully effective sign. Matthew 1:23 (emmanual god with us) Vatican ii bishops took their understanding of church as a kind of sacrament of ultimate. Effective sign of continuating the permanent presence in the world union with god and of the unity of man kind .
