RT Article
T1 The Eucharist as a Sacrament of Mission
JF Ecclesiology
VO 21
IS 1
SP 60
OP 79
A1 Spencer, Stephen
LA English
YR 2025
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1919476393
AB This study explores the ways that the Eucharist can be seen to express the missiological life of the church. The article first tells the story of the evolution of the Five Marks of Mission, a description of Christian mission which is now widespread among the churches of the Anglican Communion and beyond. This story shows a shift in the way the nature of the church and its activities are understood and so uncovers certain ecclesiological indicators. The Eucharist as practised in this tradition is then examined to uncover ways in which it expresses these indicators. Various human actions within the liturgy are found to do this, showing that the Eucharist not only points to the Five Marks of Mission but can be seen to be an active embodiment of them and so properly be described as a sacrament of mission.
K1 Sacrament
K1 Ecclesiology
K1 Missiology
K1 Missio Dei
K1 Five Marks of Mission
K1 Anglican Communion
K1 Eucharist
DO 10.1163/17455316-bja10052