The Celebration of the Eucharist: The Origin of the Rite and the Development of Its InterpretationLiturgical Press, 1999 - 351 pages Eucharistic liturgy has differed through the centuries and in different Churches. Because of these differences, it is essential that eucharistic liturgy be studied from ahistorical perspective. In The Celebration of the Eucharist, Enrico Mazza offers a thorough account of the theology of the Eucharist and presents a historical analysis of the origin and variety of eucharistic liturgies and their development in the Church. Beginning with the Last Supper, Father Mazza weaves his way through interpretations elaborated by the Fathers of the Church and medieval writers to provide the rich tapestry of concepts and categories adopted by Vatican Council II. Complete with an appendix including Jewish texts and early Eucharistic Prayers, abbreviations, bibliography, and notes, The Celebration of the Eucharist is a comprehensive source for those who have an interest in the theology of the Eucharist in the course of history. Chapters are Old Testament Sacrifices and Ritual Meal," "The Origin of the Christian Eucharist," "From the Jewish Liturgy to the Christian Eucharist," "Primitive Anaphoras: From the Didache to the Mystical Eucharist," "Primitive Anaphoras: Developments of the Eucharistic Liturgy," "Thematic Developments in the Eucharistic Liturgy," "The Early Patristic Period," "Tertullian and Cyprian," "The Fourth Century," "The Early Middle Ages," "The Scholastic High Middle Ages," "The Eucharist and the Relics of the Saints," "The Reformation and the Council of Trent," "The Liturgical Reform of Vatican Council II," "The Implementation of the Liturgical Reform," "The Parts of the Eucharistic Prayer," and "The Last Supper and the Church's Eucharist." Enrico Mazza is professor of liturgical history at the Universit Cattolica del Sacro Cuore in Milan. He is the author of Mystagogy: A Theology of Liturgy in the Patristic Ages, Eucharistic Prayers of the Roman Rite, and The Origins of the Eucharistic Prayer published by The Liturgical Press. " |
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... COUNCIL OF TRENT 237 1. The Reformation 237 1.1 . Luther 237 1.2 . Calvin 241 2. The Council of Trent 244 2.1 . A Note on the Theological Method of the Tridentine Decrees 245 2.2 . The Council of Trent and the Council of Constance 247 ...
... Council of Trent . Vatican II initiated a radical liturgical reform that has drawn upon the sources of the patristic period in composing new Eucharistic Prayers for use in the Missal . At the same time , the category of " re ...
... Council of Trent . The treatise is divided into three fundamental subjects : the Sacrament of the Eucharist , the eu- charistic sacrifice , and Communion . Material on each of these subjects is selected from the tradition of the Church ...
... Council II . To complete the picture : G. Colombo , " La transustanziazione , " Teologia 20 ( 1995 ) 8-33 . 12 Positive theology , at least for Y. Congar , is already a theological work ( see " Théologie , " col . 444 ; ET , p . 275 ) ...
... Council II the " theology of the mysteries " underwent a real revival and became the most common way of interpreting the liturgy . The theology of the mysteries conceives of the rite as being a " memorial " of the redemptive work of ...