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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... studies . J. Daniélou , Sacramentum futuri . Etudes sur les origines de la typolo- gie biblique ( Etudes de théologie historique ; Paris , 1950 ) ; ET : From Shadows to Real- ity . Studies in the Biblical Typology of the Fathers , trans ...
... studies on the liturgy from the work of Gregory Dix1 to 1977.2 In it he pro- vided a picture of great interest , since not only did he describe the subjects of the various studies but also , and above all , he focused on the perspective ...
... studies and then , especially due to the studies of Dix , Ligier , Bouyer , and others , became widespread and is now standard . But in the study of anaphoras it is not only a comparison of the anaphoral texts with the Jewish sources ...
... studies on which this trea- tise is based would be distorted.8 It seems right to me that theology should profit by the strict his- torical method as applied to the liturgy , just as in the recent past it has profited from the ...
... studies , and they acquired a new bipartite structure : a posi- tive theology of the Eucharist and a speculative theology . 3. THE TWO PARTS OF THE TREATISE Yves Congar provided a theory of this state of affairs , creating a kind of ...