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RESOURCES for the Study of Theology & History of the Sacraments

 

Magisterial Sources (in chronological order)

The Canons and Decrees of the Council of Trent. Trans. H. J. Schroeder. Rockford IL: TAN, 1978.

The Catechism of the Council of Trent. Trans. John A. McHugh and Charles J. Callan. Rockford IL: TAN, 1982.

Pius XII. Encyclical on the Sacred Liturgy Mediator Dei. 20 November 1947.

Pope John XXIII. Encyclical on the Need for the Practice of Exterior and Interior Penance Paenitentiam agere. 1 July 1962.

Pope Paul VI. Apostolic Constitution on Fast and Abstinence Paenitemini. 17 February 1966.

Second Vatican Council. Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy Sacrosanctum concilium. 4 December 1963.

Second Vatican Council. Pastoral Constitution on the Church Gaudium et spes. 7 December 1965.

Pope Paul VI. Encyclical on the Most Holy Eucharist Mysterium fidei. 3 September 1965.

Pope Paul VI. Encyclical on the Regulation of Birth Humanae vitae. 25 July 1968.

Pope Paul VI. Apostolic Constitution on the Sacrament of Confirmation Divinae consortium naturae. 5 August 1971.

Sacred Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith. Pastoral Norms Concerning the Administration of General Sacramental Absolution. 16 June 1972.

Pope Paul VI. Apostolic Letter/Motu Proprio Ministeria quaedam. 15 August 1972.

Pope Paul VI. Motu Proprio Laying Down Norms Regarding the Order of Diaconate Ad pascendum. 15 August 1972.

Pope Paul VI. Apostolic Constitution on the Sacrament of Anointing of the Sick Sacram unctione infirmorum. 30 November 1972.

Sacred Congregation for Doctrine of the Faith. Declaration In Defense of the Dignity of the Sacrament of Penance. 23 March 1973. 

Sacred Congregation for Divine Worship, Introduction to the New Order of Penance Misericordiam suam. 2 December 1973.

Documents on the Liturgy 1963-1979: Conciliar, Papal, and Curial Texts. Collegeville MN: Liturgical Press, 1982. This is an indispensable collection of magisterial documents on the sacred liturgy.

Sacred Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith. Instruction on Infant Baptism Pastoralis actio. 20 October 1980.

Pope John Paul II. Apostolic Exhortation on the Role of the Christian Family in the Modern World Familiaris consortio. 22 November 1981.

 Pope John Paul II. Post-Synodal Apostolic Exhortation on Reconciliation and Penance in the Mission of the Church Today Reconciliatio et paenitentia. 2 December 1984.

Catechism of the Catholic Church. 2nd ed. Washington DC: United States Catholic Conference, 1994, 1997.

Pope John Paul II. Apostolic Letter on Reserving Priestly Ordination to Men Alone Ordinatio sacerdotalis. 22 May 1994.

Congregation for Bishops, Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments, Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life, Congregation for Legislative Texts, Congregation for the Clergy, Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, Pontifical Council for the Interpretation of Legislative Texts, Pontifical Council for the Laity. Instruction on Certain Questions Regarding the Collaboration of the Non-Ordained Faithful in the Sacred Ministry of Priest Ecclesiae de mysterio. 15 August 1997.

Cardinal Jorge A. Medina Estévez, Prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship. Circular Letter Concerning the Integrity of the Sacrament of Penance. 20 March 2000.

Pope John Paul II. Apostolic Letter/Motu Proprio On Certain Aspects of the Celebration of the Sacrament of Penance Misericordia Dei. 7 April 2002.

Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments. Instruction on Certain Matters to be Observed or to be Avoided Regarding the Most Holy Eucharist Redemptionis Sacramentum. 23 April 2004.

Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith. Note on the Minister of the Sacrament of the Anointing of the Sick, with commentary. 11 February 2005.

Pope Benedict XVI. Apostolic Exhortation on the Eucharist as the Source and Summit of the Church’s Life and Mission Sacramentum caritatis. 22 February 2007.

 

Select Studies

Auer, Johann, and Joseph Ratzinger. Dogmatic Theology 6: A General Doctrine of the Sacraments and the Mystery of the Eucharist. Washington DC: Catholic University of America Press, 1995.

Carlson, Robert J. Jesus Christ, The Divine Physician: Pastoral Letter on Penance. 2nd ed. Saginaw MI: Catholic Diocese of Saginaw, 2008. Penned by Edward M. Hogan, Carlson published this letter as bishop of Saginaw.

Hahn, Scott. Lord Have Mercy: The Healing Power of Confession. New York: Doubleday, 2003.

International Theological Commission. From the Diakonia of Christ to the Diakonia of the Apostles. Chicago: Hillenbrand, 2004.

Lang, D. Why Matter Matters: Philosophical and Scriptural Reflections on the Sacraments. Huntington IN: Our Sunday Visitor, 2002.

Leeming, Bernard. Principles of Sacramental Theology. Westminster MD: Newman, 1960.

Martimort, Aimé George et al. (ed.). The Church at Prayer: An Introduction to the Liturgy. New edition. 4 vols. Collegeville MN: Liturgical Press, 1986.

The Rites of the Catholic Church. Trans. International Commission on English in the Liturgy. Vols. 1 and 2. Collegeville MN: Liturgical Press, 1990-1991.

Ratzinger, Joseph. The Spirit of the Liturgy. Trans. John Saward. San Francisco: Ignatius, 2000.

Stravinskas, P. M. J. Understanding the Sacraments: A Guide for Prayer and Study. San Francisco: Ignatius, 1984.

Van Slyke, Daniel G. Liturgy 101: The Sacraments and Sacramentals. Ligouri MO: Ligouri Press, 2010.

 

 

 

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