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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... Method 1 2. Structure and Method in Treatises on the Eucharist 3 3. The Two Parts of the Treatise 4 4. Recourse to the Category of “ Memorial ” 5 5. The Sacrament of the Sacrifice 7 CHAPTER 2. OLD TESTAMENT SACRIFICES AND RITUAL MEAL 9 ...
... Method 163 1.1.2 . The Mass as Representation of the Passion 164 1.1.3 . Scope of the Representation of the Passion 167 1.1.4 . The Triform Body of Christ 169 1.1.5 . Concluding Assessment 171 1.2 . Commentaries on the Mass after ...
... Method of the Tridentine Decrees 245 2.2 . The Council of Trent and the Council of Constance 247 2.3 . Aristotelianism 247 2.4 . The Connection with the Middle Ages 248 CHAPTER 15. THE LITURGICAL REFORM OF VATICAN COUNCIL II 251 1. Two ...
... CHURCH'S EUCHARIST 1. The Method of Study 297 297 2. The Liturgy of the Church and the Last Supper 298 3. The Last Supper 298 3.1 . The Prophetic Character of the Last Supper 298 3.2 . A Supper of Communion 300 3.3 . The X.
... method was also used by Paul in 1 Corinthians 10 : 1-4 . Success in establishing this unity required finding in the New Testament , or in the liturgy as the case might be , analogies or correspon- dences with events in the Old Testament ...