1. PENANCE, CONFESSION & RECONCILIATION: Introductions & Surveys

 

David Coffey, The Sacrament of Reconciliation, Lex Orandi (Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 2001) paperback, $20.

James Dallen, The Reconciling Community: The Rite of Penance, Studies in the Reformed Rites of the Catholic Church, vol. 3 (New York: Pueblo, 1986 / Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press).

Richard M. Gula, To Walk Together Again:  The Sacrament of Reconciliation (New York: Paulist Press, 1984).

Monika K. Hellwig, Sign of Reconciliation and Conversion:  The Sacrament of Penance for Our Time (Wilmington, Del: Michael Glazier, 1982).

Lawrence E. Mick, Penance: The Once and Future Sacrament (Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 1987).

Kenan B. Osborne, Reconciliation and Justification: The Sacrament and Its Theology (New York: Paulist Press, 1990).

 

 2. PENANCE, CONFESSION & RECONCILIATION: History

 

Peter J. Beer, “Trent’s Temporal Punishment and Today’s Renewal of Penance,” Theological Studies 35 (1974) 467-481.

Marie-François Berrouard, “Pénitence de touse les jours selon saint Augustin,” Lumière et Vie 13, no. 70 (Nov-Dec 1964) 51-74.

M. Bévenot, “The Sacrament of Penance and St. Cyprian’s De Lapsis,” Theological Studies 16 (1955) 175-213, reprinted in Everett Ferguson, Christian Life: Ethics, Morality, and Discipline in the Early Church, Studies in Early Christianity 16 (New York: Garland, 1993) 332-356.

Peter Biller & A.J. Minnis, ed., Handling Sin: Confession in the Middle Ages (Woodbridge, Suffolk: York Medieval Press, 1998).

P. de Clerck, “Pénitence seconde et conversion quotidienne aux IIIe et IVe siècles,” Studia Patristica 20 (1989) 352-374.

Joseph Favazza, The Order of Penitents: Historical Roots and Pastoral Future (Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 1988).

Allan Fitzgerald, Conversion through Penance in the Italian Churches of the Fourth and Fifth Centuries, Studies in Bible and Early Christianity 15 (Lewiston, NY: Edwin Mellen Press, 1988).

Hubert Jedin, “La necessité de la confession privée selon le concile de Trente,” Maison Dieu 104 (1970) 88-115.

Anne-Marie LaBonnardière, “Pénitence et réconciliation des pénitents d’après saint Augustin,” Revue des Etudes Augustiniennes 13 (1967) 31-53, 249-283; 14 (1968) 181-204.

Henry Charles Lea, A History of Auricular Confession and Indulgences in the Latin Church. 3 vols.  (reprint of 1896 edition: New York: Greenwood Press, 1968).

John T. McNeill and Helena M. Gamer, Medieval Handbooks of Penance (reprint of 1938 edition: New York: Columbia University Press, 1990).

Bernhard Poschmann, Penance and the Anointing of the Sick, trans. Francis Courtney (New York: Herder & Herder, 1964).

Karl Rahner, Penance in the Early Church, vol. 15 of Theological Investigations, trans. Lionel Swain (New York: Crossroad, 1982).

Thomas N. Tentler, Sin and Confession on the Eve of the Reformation (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1977).

Maureen A. Tilley, “Theologies of Penance during the Donatist Controversy,” Studia Patristica 35 (2001) 330-337.

 

 3. SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION: Contemporary Issues & Reflections

 

Peter E. Fink, ed., Reconciliation, vol. 4 of Alternative Futures for Worship (Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 1987).

James Lopresti, Penance: A Reform Proposal for the Rite, American Essays in Liturgy 6 (Washington, DC: Pastoral Press, 1987).

Joseph Bernardin, “Clergy and Laity about Penance and Reconciliation,” The Living Light 27 (1990) 36-45. 

Gabriel Coless, “The Sacrament of Penance: Creative Ferment,” Worship 47 (1973) 463-472.

Charles Curran, “The Sacrament of Penance Today,” Worship 43 (1969) 510-531 & 590-619; Worship 44 (1970) 1-19.

James Dallen, “Reconciliatio et Paenitentia: The Postsynodal Apostolic Exhortation,” Worship 59 (1985) 98-116.

James Dallen, “Church Authority and the Sacrament of Penance: The Synod of Bishops,” Worship 58 (1984) 194-214.

James Dallen, “Reconciliation in the Sacrament of Penance,” Worship 64 (1990) 386ff.

Doris Donnelly, ed., Repentance and Reconciliation in the Church (Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 1986).

Joseph A. Favazza, “Forum: The Fragile Future of Reconciliation,” Worship 71 (1997) 236-243.

Peter E. Fink, “Reconciliation and Forgiveness: A Theological Reflection,” Reconciliation, vol 4 of  Alternative Futures for Worship  (Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 1987) 43-72. 

Peter Fink, “Investigating the Sacrament of Penance: An Experiment in Sacramental Theology,” Worship 54 (1980) 206-220.  [Reprinted in Praying the Sacraments (Washington, DC: Pastoral Press, 1991) 95-110].

John Gallen, “General Sacramental Absolution: Pastoral Remarks on Pastoral Norms,” Theological Studies 34 (1973) 114-121.

John Gallen, “A Pastoral-Liturgical View of Penance Today,” Worship 45 (1971) 132-150.

Donald Gelpi, “The Rite of Reconciliation,” Committed Worship: A Sacramental Theology for Converting Christians (Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 1993) 135-170.

Robert Hater, “Sin and Reconciliation: Changing Attitudes in the Catholic Church,” Worship 59 (1985) 18-31.

Robert J. Kennedy, ed., Reconciliation: The Continuing Agenda (Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 1987).

Francis Mannion, “Penance and Reconciliation: A Systemic Analysis,” Worship 60 (1986) 98-118.

John P Meier, “Celebration of the Word in Communal Services of Penance,” Worship 50 (1976) 413-420 

Beverley A. Nitschke, “Confession and Forgiveness: The Continuing Agenda,” Worship 68 (1994) 353-368. 

Ladislas Orsy, The Evolving Church and the Sacrament of Penance (Denville, NJ: Dimension Books, 1978).

Ladislas Orsy, “Communal Penance: Some Preliminary Questions on Sin and Sacrament,” Worship 47 (1973) 338-345.

Ladislas Orsy, “General Absolution: New Law, Old Traditions, Some Questions,” Theological Studies 45 (1984) 676-689.

Jorgé Perales, “The Service of the Indulgentia: Light on the Rite of General Confession and Absolution,” Worship 62 (1988) 138ff.

Karl Rahner, “Forgotten Truths Concerning the Sacrament of Penance” Theological Investigations, Vol. II: Man in the Church (Baltimore: Helicon Press, 1963) 135-174.

Edward C. Sellner, “What Alcoholics Anonymous Can Teach Us About Reconciliation,” Worship 64 (1990) 331ff.

Robert J. Schreiter, The Ministry of Reconciliation: Spirituality and Strategies (Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books, 1998) paperback, $16.

 

 4. ANOINTING OF THE SICK: Studies

 

Andrew J. Cuschieri, Anointing of the Sick: A Theological and Canonical Study (Lanham: University Press of America, 1993).

James L. Empereur, Prophetic Anointing: God’s Call to the Sick, the Elderly, and the Dying, Message of the Sacraments 7 (Wilmington, Del: Michael Glazier, 1982).

Peter E. Fink, ed., Anointing of the Sick, vol. 7 of Alternative Futures for Worship (Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 1987).

Charles W. Gusmer, And You Visited Me: Sacramental Ministry to the Sick and the Dying, Studies in the Reformed Rites of the Catholic Church, vol. 6 (New York: Pueblo, 1984).

Bernhard Poschmann, Penance and the Anointing of the Sick (New York: Herder & Herder, 1964).

Eric Rebillard, In Hora Mortis: Evolution de la pastorale chrétienne de la mort aux IV^e et V^e siècles (Rome: Ecole Française de Rome, 1994).

 

 5. ORDINATION & MINISTRY: Introductions & Surveys

 

Paul Bradshaw & Frank Hawkin, “Ordination,” in Cheslyn Jones, ed., The Study of Liturgy, rev. ed (New York: Oxford University Press, 1992), 339-398.

Bernard Cooke, Ministry to Word and Sacraments (Philadelphia: Fortress Press, 1976).

J. Lécuyer, Le sacrament de l’ordination: recherche historique et théologique (Paris: Beauchesne, 1983).

Nathan Mitchell, Mission and Ministry: History and Theology in the Sacrament of Order (Wilmington: Michael Glazier, 1982).

Kenan Osborne, Priesthood: A History of Ordained Ministry in the Roman Catholic Church (New York: Paulist Press, 1988).

Susan K. Wood, Sacramental Orders, Lex orandi Series (Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 2000).

 

 6. ORDINATION & MINISTRY: History

 

Raymond Brown, Priest and Bishop: Biblical Reflections (New York: Paulist Press, 1971).

Raymond Brown, “Episkope and Episkopos: The New Testament Evidence,” Theological Studies 41 (1980).

Paul F. Bradshaw, Ordination Rites of the Ancient Churches of East and West (New York: Pueblo, 1990 / Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press). 

Paul F. Bradshaw, “The Participation of Other Bishops in the Ordination of a Bishop in the Apostolic Tradition of Hippolytus,” Studia Patristica 18 (1989) 335-338.

Paul F. Bradshaw, Liturgical Presidency in the Early Church, Grove Liturgical Study 36 (1983)

H. von Campenhausen, Ecclesiastical Authority and Spiritual Power in the Church of the First Three Centuries (Stanford University, 1969).

Thomas K. Carroll, ed., Preaching the Word, Message of the Fathers 11 (Wilmington, Del.: Michael Glazier, 1984).

John Elliott, “Ministry and Church Order in the New Testament: A Traditio-Historical Analysis,” Catholic Biblical Quarterly 32 (1970) 367-391.

Robert B. Eno, Teaching Authority in the Early Church, Message of the Fathers of the Church 14 (Wilmington, Del: Michael Glazier, 1984).

Everett Ferguson, ed., Church, Ministry, and Organisation  in the Early Church, Studies in Early Christianity 13 (New York: Garland, 1993).

B. Gerrish, “Priesthood and Ministry in the Theology of Luther,” Church History 34 (1965) 404-422.

E. Jay, “From Presbyter-Bishops to Bishops and Presbyters: Christian Ministry in the Second Century,” Second Century 1 (1981) 125-162.

Joseph T. Leinhard, Ministry, Message of the Fathers 8 (Wilmington, Del: Michael Glazier, 1984).

J.M.R. Tillard, “The Apostolic Foundations of Christian Ministry,” Worship 63 (1989) 290-300.

 

 7. ORDINATION & MINISTRY: Contemporary Issues & Reflections

 

Michael A. Cowan, ed., Leadership Ministry in Community, vol. 6 of Alternative Futures for Worship (Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 1987).

Donald B. Cozzens, The Changing Face of the Priesthood: A Reflection on the Priest’s Crisis of Soul (Collegeville, MN: 2000).

Peter Fink, “The Sacrament of Orders: Some Liturgical Reflections,” Worship 56 (1982) 482-502.

Michael G. Lawler, A Theology of Ministry (Kansas City: Sheed & Ward, 1990).

Karl Rahner, “Women and the Priesthood,” Concern for the Church (New York: Crossroad, 1981) 35-74.

Edward Schillebeeckx, The Church With a Human Face: A New and Expanded Theology of Ministry (New York: Crossroad, 1985).

 

 8. MARRIAGE: Introductions & Surveys

 

Walter Kasper, Theology of Christian Marriage, trans. David Smith (New York: Seabury Press, 1980).

Michael G. Lawler, Marriage and Sacrament: A Theology of Christian Marriage (Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 1993).

Kenneth W. Stevenson, To Join Together: The Rite of Marriage (New York: Pueblo, 1987).

 

 9. MARRIAGE: History of the Sacrament

 

M.-F. Berrouard, “Saint Augustin et l’indissolubilité du mariage.  Evolution de sa pensée,” Recherches augustiniennes 5 (1968) 139-155.

Elizabeth Clark, ed., St. Augustine on Marriage and Sexuality (Washington, DC: Catholic University of America Press, 1996).

Elizabeth Clark, “Augustine and the Debate on Marriage,” Recherches augustiniennes 21 (1986) 139-162.

David G. Hunter, ed., Marriage in the Early Church (Philadelphia: Fortress Press, 1992).

David G. Hunter, “Augustinian Pessimism?  A New Look at Augustine’s Teaching on Sex, Marriage, and Celibacy,” Augustinian Studies 25 (1994) 153-177.

Philip Lyndon Reynolds, Marriage in the Western Church: The Christianization of Marriage During the Patristic and Early Medieval Periods (Leiden: Brill, 2002) paperback, $40.

Willy Rordorf, “Marriage in the New Testament and in the Early Church,” Journal of Ecclesiatical History 20 (1969) 193-210, reprinted in Everett Ferguson, Christian Life: Ethics, Morality, and Discipline in the Early Church, Studies in Early Christianity 16 (New York: Garland, 1993) 141-158.

J. Paul Sampley, ‘And the Two Shall Become One Flesh’: A Study of Traditions in Ephesians 5:21-23 (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1971).

Kenneth Stevenson, Nuptial Blessing: A Study of Christian Marriage (New York: Oxford University Press, 1985).

O.L. Yarbrough, Not Like the Gentiles: Marriage Rules in the Letters of Paul (Atlanta: Scholar’s Press, 1985).

 

 10. MARRIAGE: Contemporary  Issues & Reflections

 

Lisa Sowle Cahill, “Notes on Moral Theology: Marriage: Developments in Catholic Theology and Ethics,” Theological Studies 64 (2003) 78-105.

Bernard Cooke, ed., Marriage, vol. 7 of Alternative Futures for Worship (Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 1987).

Klaus Demmer & Aldegonde Brenninkmeijer-Werhahn, eds., Christian Marriage Today (Washington, DC: Catholic University of America Press, 1997)

Michael G. Lawler, Marriage and the Catholic Church: Disputed Questions (Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 2002).

Michael G. Lawler, “Quaestio Disputata: Cohabitation: Past and Present Reality,” Theological Studies 65 (2004) 623-629.

Michael G. Lawler, “Faith, Contract, and Sacrament in Christian Marriage: A Theological Approach,” Theological Studies 52 (1991) 712-731.

Michael G. Lawler & William P. Roberts, eds., Christian Marriage and Family: Contemporary Theological and Pastoral Perspectives (Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 1996).

Kieran Scott & Michael Warren, eds., Perspectives on Marriage: A Reader, 2^nd ed. (New York: Oxford University Press, 2001) paperback, $45.

 

 

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