Includes bibliographical references (pages 409-414) and index.

1. Sacraments in General and Sacramental Theology: Definitions of a Sacrament, Key Concepts, and the Number of Sacraments in Early and Medieval Theologians -- The Protestant and Catholic Reformations -- The Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries -- The Modern Period: A New Era in Sacramental Theology -- 2. Liturgical Theology: Early Christian Authors -- Medieval Authors in East and West -- The Protestant and Catholic Reformations -- The Nineteenth Century -- Contemporary Liturgical Theologians -- 3. Sacraments and Rites of Christian Initiation: The First Three Centuries -- The Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth Centuries -- The Medieval Period in East and West -- The Protestant and Catholic Reformations -- Modern Developments -- 4. The Eucharist: The First Three Centuries -- The Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth Centuries -- The Medieval Period -- The Protestant and Catholic Reformations -- The Modern Period -- 5. Liturgies of the Word -- Premodern Development -- Modern Development -- 6. Occasional Sacraments and Services: Penance, Reconciliation, Confession -- Healing and Anointing of the Sick -- Christian Marriage -- Ministry and Ordination -- Christian Burial -- 7. Liturgy and Time: Daily Prayer -- The First Three Centuries -- The Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth Centuries -- The Western Middle Ages -- Reformation and Later Developments -- The Liturgical Year -- The Christian Week -- Feasts and Seasons -- Medieval Elaboration of the Sanctoral and Temporal Cycles -- Reformation Pruning of the Calendar -- Modern Developments.