Teologia e Disciplina dei Sacramenti della Iniziazione Cristiana nel CCEO - (1)

Authors

  • Dimitrios Salachas

Keywords:

Natura dei Sacramenti, Essenza dei Sacramenti, carattere indelebile, Battesimo nelle altre Chiese, Funzione del Padrino

Abstract

Christian initiation is a unique, indivisible act that introduces man fully into the mystery of salvation. In Baptism man is freed from sin, is regenerated into a new life, he puts on Christ and is incorporated into the Church, the Body of Christ. In the Anointing of the Holy Myron the baptized is confirmed and he receives the seal of the Holy Spirit, given as a gift. Holy Eucharist is the fulfillment of Baptism and Chrismation which entails communion in the divine life and membership in the eschatological community. This bond of the three Sacraments means and expresses the ineffable unity of the Paschal Mystery, the close relationship between the mission of the Son, the outpouring of the Holy Spirit and the unity of the work of the Holy Trinity, which takes abode in the baptized. By means of the three sacraments of Christian initiation, the Triune God communicates his life fully to man and deifies him.

Author Biography

Dimitrios Salachas

Dimitrios Salachas, born in 1939, Athens in Greece, was ordained priest in 1964. He has been Professor of Canon Law, both Oriental and Latin, in the Pontifical University Urbaniana, Pontifical Gregorian University, Angelicum and Pontifical Oriental Institue, Rome. As an expert in canon law he is also a Consultor to Vatican, Congregation for the Oriental Churches, Pontifical Council for the Interpretation of Legislative Texts, and Promotion of the Unity of Christians. He is also member of several international Ecclesiastical Commissions and Societies. He was appointed the Apostolic Exarch of the Greek Byzantine Catholic Church on 23rd April 2008 and consecrated as Bishop on 24th May 2008. As a prolific writer, he has more than a dozen works to his credit, besides numerous scholarly articles in various periodicals

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Published

2020-08-02

Issue

Vol. 5 No. 2 (2014): Iustitia: Dharmaram Journal of Canon Law

Section

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