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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... Supper 126 2.3 . The Eucharistic Prayer 128 2.4 . Old Testament Prefigurations 129 2.5 . Sacrifice and Fulfillment of Figures 130 2.6 . Sacramental Value 131 2.7 . Commemoration of Christ 132 2.8 . Conclusions 133 vii.
... Figure of the Passion of Christ 210 2. St. Bonaventure of Bagnoregio 215 2.1 . Theology and Devotion 215 2.2 . The Sacrament as Corpus verum 217 2.3 . Is the Sacrament a Sign ? 217 3. " What Does the Mouse Eat ? " ( Quid mus sumit ...
... figure and announcement of the passion . These are the two constants in the Eucharistic Prayers of the Church since its beginnings . They guided the thinking of the Church Fathers of the first four centuries . During that period , there ...
... Figure et événement chez Méliton de Sardes , " in Neotestamentica et patristica . Festgabe O. Cullmann ( Leiden , 1962 ) 282-92 ; L. F. Pizzolato , La dottrina esegetica di sant'Ambrogio ( Studia patristica Mediolanensia 9 ; Milan ...
... figure " of the Body and Blood of Christ and " figure " of his death . This 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 ...