BENEDICT XIV AND HIS SACRAMENTAL POLITY ON THE EASTERN CHURCHES

Authors

  • Maria Teresa Fattori Dharmaram Vidya Kshetram

Keywords:

Sacramental Polity, Eastern Churches, Benedict XIV

Abstract

The author searches into the the method employed in the
letter De Sacramentis, exposes Benedict XIV’s systematic
presentation of the sacraments for the Eastern Catholics.
The author also discusses the the authority of the minister
and the multiplication of grace through the sacraments of
penance, annointing of the sick, holy orders and
matrimony.

Author Biography

Maria Teresa Fattori, Dharmaram Vidya Kshetram

Maria Teresa Fattori was born in 1970. She is a researcher of the
Foundation for the Religious Sciences, John XXIII of Bologna, Italy, since
1994. Her university qualifications come from Bologna, Lyon and Pisa. She
teaches at the University of Modena-Reggio Emilia and deals with the
history of Church councils, the Roman curia in modern times and religious
history. At the present she is doing special research on Pope Benedict XIV
treatises (1740-1758).

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Published

2020-08-02