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Article: The Church: The Universal Sacrament of Salvation.
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- December 1, 1994
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The Church: The Universal Sacrament of Salvation. By Johann Auer. Translated from the German by Michael Waldstein. Dogmatic Theology Series. Washington: Catholic University of America, 1993. Pp. xxxiii + 541. $39.95; $24.95.
This is a fine translation of the eighth and penultimate volume in the series Kleine Katholische Dogmatik which first appeared in German in 1983. Like the earlier seven volumes which Auer contributed (the ninth, on eschatology, is by Joseph Ratzinger), the treatment of the Church is centered around the theme of grace. Auer, who died in 1989, held that the doctrine of grace and especially the question of its action upon human freedom provided ...