Research Catalog

Title

The nuptial mystery / Angelo Scola ; translated by Michelle K. Borras.

Author

Scola, Angelo.

Publication

Grand Rapids, Mich. : William B. Eerdmans Pub. Co., c2005.

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Details

Description

xxvii, 417 p.; 24 cm.

Series Statement

Ressourcement

Uniform Title

• Mistero nuziale. English
• Ressourcement (Grand Rapids, Mich.)

Alternative Title

Mistero nuziale.

Subject

• Catholic Church > Doctrines
• Marriage > Catholic Church
• Theological anthropology > Christianity

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

I. Categories of the nuptial mystery: two original theses of Mulieris Dignitatem. 1. A theological sketch of man and woman. -- 2. Sexual difference and the meaning of the "unity of the two." -- 3. Human sexuality and the Imago Dei. -- II. The nuptial mystery: a theological perspective. 4. The dynamisms of nuptiality: affection, love, and sexuality. -- 5. A description of the nuptial mystery. -- 6. The nuptial mystery and fruitfulness. -- III. The nuptial mystery and cultural changes: the tasks of marriage and the family. 7. Marriage and the family and the crisis of freedom. -- 8. Marriage, the family, and life. -- 9. Marriage, the family, and education. -- 10. Marriage and the family: a communion of generations. -- IV. The nuptial mystery: marriage and the family in the light of the Christian mysteries. 11. The features of marriage and the family: from past to present. -- 12. The insuperable difference: from man and woman to marriage and the family. -- 13. Fatherhood, motherhood, and the mystery of the father. -- 14. Christ, bridegroom of the church. -- 15. The Holy Spirit and the truth about marriage and the family. -- 16. Marriage, family, and the eucharist.

ISBN

0802828310 (pbk. alk. paper)

LCCN

^^2004061983

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library