The Bible and Reconciliation
- Theology
- Biblical Studies & Commentaries
- Church Leadership & Ministry
- Publisher: Baker Publishing Group
- Published: 2023
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Publisher's Description
Explore the Catholic Church's teaching on confession, absolution, and penance in the BibleThis addition to the Catholic Biblical Theology of the Sacraments series provides readers with a deeper appreciation of God's gifts and call in the sacraments through a renewed encounter with God's Word. James Prothro offers a biblical theology of the sacrament of reconciliation--the restoration of the sinner through forgiveness and repentance. Prothro fleshes out the patterns in which God's people in the Old and New Testaments approach the merciful God, confess, and are forgiven and called to reengage their relationship with God by growing in faith and love through God's ministry of grace. Series editors are Timothy C. Gray and John Sehorn. Gray and Sehorn teach at the Augustine Institute Graduate School of Theology, which prepares students for Christian mission through on-campus and distance-education programs. Gray is also president of the Augustine Institute.
Endorsements (7)
“This volume richly illumines the place of the practice of the sacrament of reconciliation within the larger context of the Christian life as an ongoing process of intentional transformation in cooperation with the Holy Spirit—a life of turning away from the ‘old person’ and the discrete acts that reveal its presence and of turning toward the ‘new person’ who is being renewed in the image of Christ. Roman Catholic readers will find their engagement with this practice renewed by this immersion into the larger work of God to which it contributes. Protestant readers will have to confront their long-standing prejudice that there is no scriptural warrant for the practice and, perhaps, come to a deeper appreciation for the path by which their sisters and brothers in the Catholic Church ‘pursue that holiness without which no one will see the Lord.”
“An outstanding contribution to the Catholic Biblical Theology of the Sacraments series. Prothro offers a detailed and engaging survey of confession, repentance, and restoration in the Bible and effectively demonstrates that the sacrament of reconciliation is rooted in the witness of Scripture. Readers looking for an overview of biblical narratives and practices that shows how God acts with mercy toward sinners and offers forgiveness and grace to the penitent will find this book to be a trustworthy guide.”
““This series gives to students of the Bible a deeply enriched view of the mesh of relationships within and between biblical texts that are brought to light by the liturgy of the sacraments.”
“The sacraments come to us clothed in images that carry their mystery and propose it to our hearts. These images come from Scripture and are inspired by the Holy Spirit, who wills to transfigure us each into the full measure of Christ. The books in this series will over time surely prove themselves to be agents in this work of the Spirit.”
“Seminary “Moving sequentially through the Bible, Prothro unfolds the grand narrative of God, in his holiness, reconciling the sinful world to himself. Irrespective of their ecclesial traditions, readers will find a beautiful, biblical exposition of God acting mercifully in his justice to draw sinful people to repentance, to forgive and restore them, and to teach and form them in the process. There’s holy ground here that’s common to us all.”
“This work is a great resource on the deep biblical roots of the sacrament and the more general Christian life of penance, reconciliation, and conformity to Christ. Exploring the teaching of the Old and New Testaments on sin, contrition, penance, and reconciliation and situating the sacrament in this wider context, Prothro invites the reader to a life of repentance and love and of hope in the merciful God who will bring to completion the work of salvation that he has begun in us.”
“Theologically trained, exegetically astute biblical scholars here explore the foundations of Catholic sacramental theology, along paths that will change the theological conversation. This series points the way to the theological and exegetical future.”
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