The mystery of the incarnation and of the eucharist
Whatever the origin of the account of the foot-washing in John 13:1-30 may have been, it is here argued that the evangelist has used the narrative both to provide a dramatic summary of the meaning of the incarnation as a whole and to explain the significance of every celebration of the eucharist. In...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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NTWSA
1985
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| In: |
Neotestamentica
Year: 1985, Volume: 19, Issue: 1, Pages: 64-70 |
| Further subjects: | B
Theology
B Judaism B John B Hermeneutics B Christianity B Eucharist |
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| Summary: | Whatever the origin of the account of the foot-washing in John 13:1-30 may have been, it is here argued that the evangelist has used the narrative both to provide a dramatic summary of the meaning of the incarnation as a whole and to explain the significance of every celebration of the eucharist. In this way the liturgy is shown to hold together the historical act of Jesus and the church's ongoing experience of it. |
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| ISSN: | 2518-4628 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Neotestamentica
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.10520/AJA2548356_239 |