TEOLOGIA E DISCIPLINA DEI SACRAMENTI DELLA INIZIAZIONE CRISTIANA NEL CCEO

Authors

  • Dimitrios Salachas Pontifical Oriental Institute, Rome

Keywords:

fede, consacrazione, mistero

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, Pontifical Oriental Institute, Rome

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. 6 No. 1 (2015): Iustitia: Dharmaram Journal of Canon Law

Section

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