Eucharistic origins: from the New Testament to the liturgies of the golden age
Reviewing 20th-century research into the origins of the Eucharist, the author observes that many of the Church's theologians have yet to appropriate the significance of what is commonly accepted as historical fact by exegetes and liturgical theologians, namely, that there is no clear line of de...
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| Format: | Print Article |
| Language: | English |
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Sage Publ.
2005
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Theological studies
Year: 2005, Volume: 66, Issue: 1, Pages: 3-22 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Lord's supper
/ History 30-500
/ Lord's Supper
/ Catholic Church
/ History 1935-2000
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| IxTheo Classification: | KAB Church history 30-500; early Christianity KAJ Church history 1914-; recent history KDB Roman Catholic Church NBP Sacramentology; sacraments RC Liturgy |
| Further subjects: | B
Theology
B Lord's Supper service B Liturgy B Eucharist |
| Parallel Edition: | Electronic
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| Summary: | Reviewing 20th-century research into the origins of the Eucharist, the author observes that many of the Church's theologians have yet to appropriate the significance of what is commonly accepted as historical fact by exegetes and liturgical theologians, namely, that there is no clear line of development from the Last Supper of Jesus to the theologically rich Eucharistic Prayers of the patristic golden age. The implications of this for methodology, for systematic theology and ecclesiology, for liturgical and ecumenical theology, and for pastoral theology and homiletics are then briefly discussed. |
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| ISSN: | 0040-5639 |
| Contains: | In: Theological studies
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