The Sacraments in the Christian Life Biography and comparing it with its

and comparing it with its non-Christian and non-religious analogues throughout the ages

First published in 1977

Edward the Confessor and Anselm

and educated adults

describes: “With so much to occupy the surface of the mind and imagination

The Sacraments in the Christian Life Biography and comparing it with itsBy 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