The Sacraments in the Christian Life Leen betrothed to a man of

betrothed to a man of David’s lineage

whose effects have been felt and borne fruit in every century since its original appearance

The writings of the popes

Pope Pius VI and the catastrophic French Revolution

measured study of the assumptions and arguments of religious thought from the nine­teenth and twentieth centuries—concepts and claims still active in the twenty-first century’s project of secularization

The Sacraments in the Christian Life Leen betrothed to a man ofBy M. M. Philipon, O. P. Holiness is imitation of Christ to the point of identification with Christ. Instituted by Christ himself and dispensed by the Church over the centuries, the sacramental order is the ordinary means by which God communicates to the faithful the grace to live, love, suffer, and die in his Son. M. M. Philipon, O. P., treats the seven sacraments in turn and explains their place and power in the Christian life. Baptism supplies the