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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... Conception of This Ministry 97 1.4 . The Eucharist 99 1.4.1 . The Eucharist , Thanksgiving , and the Theme of Unity 100 1.4.2 . The Thanksgiving 103 1.4.3 . The Bread and the Wine 105 1.4.4 . Medicine of Immortality 106 2. Justin 107 ...
... of the Church Fathers of the first four centuries . During that period , there- fore , theology developed in unison with the liturgy , maintaining the same conceptions and the same interpretive categories . At that xiii PREFACE.
The Origin of the Rite and the Development of Its Interpretation Enrico Mazza. same conceptions and the same interpretive categories . At that period , the claim was constantly made that the conception of the Eucharist was a matter of ...
... conception was handed on to later periods that did not correctly understand a sacramental vocabulary based on the language of figure and typology . The idea of figure , now downgraded to alle- gory , was succeeded by a new conception ...
... ( Westminster , Md . , 1962 ) . 16 See , e.g. , O. Casel , Faites ceci en mémoire de moi ( Lex orandi 34 ; Paris , 1942 ) . conception of rites that was developed in the mystery religions 5 Recourse to the Category of “Memorial”