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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... takes the form of a manual that has for its subject the rite of the " eucharistic meal " and the understanding of it . If such a manual is to profit from historical studies of the eucharistic liturgy , it must itself follow the ...
... take the data of tradition into consideration without giving too much space to the category of " memorial " ( understood in its biblical sense ) , for , when it is not legitimated by the sources , it loses the principal ground on which ...
... takes us into the area of the Jewish sacrifices ; we must , therefore , attend chiefly to these . 1I shall not deal with this approach here because I have already described its characteristics in my essay : " L'interpretazione del culto ...
... take on the various civic institutions and put them at the service of its Yahwistic ideal , that is , of the entire history of the People of God . The Code approves new institutions that increase the power of the state at the expense of ...
... Take care that you do not offer your burnt offerings at any place you happen to see . But only at the place that the Lord will choose in one of your tribes - there you shall offer your burnt offerings and there you shall do everything I ...