Principles of Sacramental Theology

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pp. 10-12 of 1962 ed. [PDF pp. 72-4 here] cited in> Cessario, Romanus. [“Sacramental Causality: *Da Capo!*](https://isidore.co/misc/Physics%20papers%20and%20books/Zotero/storage/8L8TG9DI/Cessario%20-%202013%20-%20Sacramental%20Causality%20Da%20capo!.pdf)” *Nova et Vetera (English Edition)* 11, no. 2 (Spring 2013): 307–16. According to "Lynch’s research [Reginald M. Lynch, O.P., [“The Sacraments as Perfective Instrumental Causes of Grace](https://isidore.co/calibre#panel=book_details&book_id=7788),” S.T.L. diss., Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception (Washington, DC, 2012).],"> Bernard Leeming held the view that the Council of Trent, in order to avoid endorsing a particular theological theory as a truth of divine faith, adopted the word “confer” ( *conferre* ) instead of “cause” to describe the bestowal of divine grace that the sacraments effect.PDF pp. 167-9 are on the sacramental graces of matrimony.PDF pp. 428-31 are on how marriage is a permanent sacrament and "The argument from Ephesians, Chapter 5, to show that Marriage is a sacrament."* * *lviii, 690 pages 22 cm Includes bibliographical references (pages 635-666) and indexes The Sacraments and grace -- The objective efficacy of the Sacraments -- Infant Baptism and the efficacy of the Sacraments -- The nature of Sacramental grace -- The Sacraments and the character -- The Sacramental character -- The seal of the spirit -- The perfecting of the seal -- The nature of the sacramental character -- The symbolic reality and the validity of Sacraments -- **[§3] Sacramental causality [pp. 283-381, PDF pp. 345-443]** \-- The problem of Sacramental causality -- Causality 'dispositive' or 'perfective; 'physical' or 'intentional' -- Permanent Sacramental efficacy through the Mystical Body -- The Institution of the Sacraments -- The origin of the Sacraments -- The manner of Christ's Institution -- Requirements in the minister -- The Doctrine of intention -- Presumption of Intention -- The faith and the moral qualities of the minister -- The Sacramental economy -- The number of the Sacraments -- Sacraments and human nature