Ultimate Questions: A Theology of the Catholic Sacraments

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For the Catholic Church, the sacraments manifest and communicate to humanity the mystery of a loving communion with God in Jesus Christ. This course explores how the divine life communicated in and through Jesus is made manifest in the sacraments, which transform persons into lovers of God and the world. The approach of study is a historical, systematic, and pastoral exploration of the sacraments of initiation (baptism, confirmation, and Eucharist) and the sacraments of reconciliation and marriage in Catholic practice. Prereq: Philosophical Ideas, The Christian Tradition, The Biblical Tradition.