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The Bible and the Liturgy illuminates the vital and meaningful bond between Bible and liturgy, connecting Church past and present.
In the modern day, Christians accept Church rituals as sacred but baffling heirlooms from the Church’s past. But these rituals are so much more than that. Father Daniélou delves into how the Church's liturgical rites and feasts are intended not only to transmit the grace of the sacraments but also to instruct the faithful in their meaning, as well as the meaning of the whole Christian life. It is through the sacraments in their role as signs that Christians learn. Daniélou helps readers rediscover the significance of these rites so that the sacraments may once again be thought of as the continuation of the great works of God in the Old Testament and the New.
“[T]he book awakens the reader to the depth and dimension and unity that characterize divine activities.” —Religious Education
Jean Daniélou, S.J. (1905–1974) was the author of numerous works, including Why the Church?, The Angels and Their Mission: According to the Fathers of the Church, and Prayer: The Mission of the Church.
Introduction
1. The Preparation
2. The Baptismal Rite
3. The Sphragis
4. The Types of Baptism: Creation and the Deluge
5. Types of Baptism: The Crossing of the Red Sea
6. Types of Baptism: Elias and the Jordan
7. Confirmation
8. The Eucharistic Rites
9. The Figures of the Eucharist
10. The Paschal Lamb
11. Psalm XXVII
12. The Canticle of Canticles
13. New Testament Types
14. The Mystery of the Sabbath
15. The Lord’s Day
16. The Eighth Day
17. Easter
18. The Ascension
19. Pentecost
20. The Feast of Tabernacles
Index