Mystery and sacrament of love : a theology of marriage and the family for the new evangelization /
Marc Cardinal Oullet
- Grand Rapids Michigan Willian B. Eerdmans Publishing Company 2015
- xiv, 332 p. ; 23 cm.
- Humanum Pontifical John Paul II Institute series. .
Bibliography: p. 314-332.
Introduction: Sacramental theology in transition --Part one: The mystery-sacrament of marriage. The sacrament of marriage today--The revelation of the marriage sacrament--The sacramentality of marriage in the tradition--The theology of sacramental marriage--Part two: The theology of marriage and the sacramentality of the Church. Marriage and the family, an essential dimension of the new evangelization--Presuppositions for a nuptial sacramental theology--Jesus Christ, the sacrament of the covenant and the church-sacrament --The sacrament of marriage, paradigm of the sacramentality of the Church--Marriage and the other sacraments--The sacramentality of the domestic Church--Part three: Trinity and nuptiality: toward a eucharistic theo-drama of the nuptial mystery. The Eucharist as trinitarian event --The spousal mystery of the Eucharist--Toward a nuptial trinitarian anthropology.
In Mystery and Sacrament of Love Ouellet clearly expounds a theology of marriage and the Catholic Church's understanding of the sacrament celebrated between spouses and God. Developed with influences from Pope Francis, the theological intuitions of Vatican II, the contributions of Saint John Paul II (the "pope of the family"), and the innovative thought of Hans Urs von Balthasar, Ouellet's study lays the foundations for a faithful resurgence of well-being for families in our contemporary day and age.