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The Bible and Reconciliation Confession, Repentance, and Restoration James B. Prothro A CATHOLIC BIBLICAL THEOLOGY OF THE SACRAMENTS Timothy C. Gray and John Sehorn, series editors This 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. Gray is also president of the Augustine Institute. “A rarity—a book that explores the biblical inspiration and backdrop for the sacrament of reconciliation, and does so in an engaging and readable way. Prothro’s book provides renewed enthusiasm for a sacrament that is often overlooked.” —LAURIE BRINK, OP, Catholic Theological Union “This urgently needed work beautifully shows how the forgiving love of God is an ongoing drama.” —BRADLEY C. GREGORY, The Catholic University of America PRAISE FOR THE SERIES “This excellent series will help Catholics appreciate more and more both the relationship between Word and Sacrament and how the sacraments are grounded in the riches of Scripture.” —THOMAS D. STEGMAN † , SJ, Boston College School of Theology and Ministry “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.” —JENNIFER GRILLO, University of Notre Dame
DECEMBER 2023 • 256 pp. • paper • $24.99 • 9781540964786
James B. Prothro (PhD, University of Cambridge) is assistant professor of Scripture and theology at the Augustine Institute. His books include A Pauline Theology of Justification: Forgiveness, Friendship, and Life with God and The Apostle Paul and His Letters: An Introduction .
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