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Doors to the Sacred: A Historical Introduction to Sacraments in the Catholic Church Paperback – Illustrated, 1 March 2014

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FOR OVER THIRTY YEARS, Doors to the Sacred has endured as an indispensable account of the sacraments of the Catholic Church. Used in hundreds of university and seminary courses and full of critical acclaim, it details their historical and cultural evolution and the rituals and practices associated with them. This Vatican II Golden Anniversary Edition explains the liturgical changes found in The Roman Missal, Third Edition, and provides extensive resources for students and seekers alike, including:
A visual timeline of people, events, and sacramental changes in Church history
A glossary of philosophical and theological terms
An updated annotated bibliography for further reading
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    576 pages
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    English
  3. Publisher
    Liguori Publications
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    1 March 2014
  5. Dimensions
    15.24 x 3.56 x 22.86 cm
  6. ISBN-10
    0764824511
  7. ISBN-13
    978-0764824517
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Joseph Martos is a respected educator, speaker, author and authority on the interaction of religious experience, theological ideas, cultural developments and liturgical ritual down through the ages. His work is interdisciplinary, accessible, and takes a balanced approach.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Liguori Publications; Updated ed. edition (1 March 2014)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 576 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0764824511
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0764824517
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 15.24 x 3.56 x 22.86 cm
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Joseph Martos is a nationally recognized authority on the sacraments of the Catholic Church and one of the few people in the world who understand how symbols work in human consciousness and society.

His book on the history and theology of sacraments, "Doors to the Sacred," has been in print for almost four decades and has been used in hundreds of university and seminary courses. He is regularly invited to speak and teach about religious rituals and the spiritual realities to which they refer.

In 2009, he updated an earlier book, inviting readers to think about their personal experiences and to look at church ceremonies from a variety of perspectives. "The Sacraments: An Interdisciplinary and Interactive Study" has an accompanying website, www.TheSacraments.org, that offers historical and contemporary images of church rituals, probing questions about spiritual realities, and opportunities to contact the author via email.

After years of research into the myriad of biblical, ancient and medieval texts on which the Catholic sacraments are based, Martos reluctantly concluded that they are not what the church claims about them. The sacramental rituals do not do what they are suppose to do, and their theological explanations do not hold up under historical investigation. "Deconstructing Sacramental Theology and Reconstructing Catholic Ritual" proves its case using almost 900 footnotes, many in Greek and Latin.

To make the book's discoveries and arguments available to a wider audience, Martos wrote "Honest Ritual, Honest Sacraments" in plain language and without scholarly references. The last chapters of both books, however, suggest a way forward for religious rituals in the future, one that matches the authenticity of Christian living with the authenticity of symbolic ceremonies.

Email address for readers: TheSacraments@Gmail.com

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Rick Lee James
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent resource
Reviewed in the United States on 29 July 2023
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Nearly 600 pages of excellent information. Every chapter covers a different sacrament with studies around the sacrament broken into
1. Parallels and Precedents
2. Place in Early Christianity
3. In Middle Ages
4. In Modern
5. In the Church Today

I read this for an upcoming masters class on the sacraments.
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5.0 out of 5 stars REQUIRED FOR MY CLASS ON PRAYER
Reviewed in Canada on 12 January 2021
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Class has just started so we will see. It seems to cover everything well that I am going to be studying. My professor is a priest and he has been teaching this course on prayer for years. He would not have required this text if it wasn't exactly what is needed.
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5.0 out of 5 stars ... honest I haven't read it yet but it looks great
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 25 October 2016
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Have to be honest I haven't read it yet but it looks great
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EDEN
5.0 out of 5 stars Great Read
Reviewed in the United States on 12 February 2017
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A very detailed read and very informative.

This book gives a detailed and enlightening historical view to the sacraments. This book was VERY helpful because I grew up protestant and do not know much about Catholicism and the ritual practices. I am not a history person but this book was really good. Along with the historical aspects of sacraments, the author lays out the information in a detailed manner that makes learning history more interesting.
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Roger A. Statnick
4.0 out of 5 stars A Comprehensive Overview
Reviewed in the United States on 15 August 2018
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This book is a good overview of the history of each sacrament and the factors that affected its development. It needs tempered by a deeper theological analysis of the reality these various rituals are expressing. The complexity of the history also needs some further analysis to avoid leaving the reader in a state of confusion.
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