1076. The Church was made manifest to the world on the day of Pentecost by the outpouring of the Holy Spirit.1 The gift of the Spirit ushers in a new era in the “dispensation of the mystery” the age of the Church, during which Christ manifests, makes present, and communicates his work of salvation through the liturgy of his Church, “until he comes.”2 In this age of the Church Christ now lives and acts in and with his Church, in a new way appropriate to this new age. He acts through the sacraments in what the common Tradition of the East and the West calls “the sacramental economy”; this is the communication (or “dispensation”) of the fruits of Christ’s Paschal mystery in the celebration of the Church’s “sacramental” liturgy.
It is therefore important first to explain this “sacramental dispensation” (chapter one). the nature and essential features of liturgical celebration will then appear more clearly (chapter two).
Aprofunde seus conhecimentos
142. What is the work of the Spirit in Mary?
197. How does the Virgin Mary help the Church?
261. Is Baptism necessary for salvation?
250. How are the sacraments of the Church divided?
281. In what way does the Church participate in the eucharistic sacrifice?
401. In what does the social dimension of man consist?
Acesse nossos estudos biblicos:
What does Hosea 7:14-16 reveal about God’s judgment against hypocrisy?
What does the Bible say about God’s judgment and justice?
How important is God’s love to our lives, according to 1 John 4:8?
What is Jeremiah’s message about God’s unconditional love?
What is the importance of humility and repentance according to the book of Baruch?
David’s old age and death: the end of a life of ups and downs (2 Samuel 23, 24)
What is Ahijah’s prophecy in 1 Kings 11 and what is its importance in Israel’s history?
