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EUCHARISTIC LITURGIES IBD

PUEBLO BOOKS
06 / 2012
9780814662403
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Sinopsis

In graduate theology programs across the United States and elsewhere, Maxwell Johnson',sáThe Rites of Christian Initiation: Their Evolution and Interpretationáhas become a standard text. Now Johnson and Paul Bradshaw together offer a companion volume on the historical development of the liturgy and theology of the Eucharist.áLike the earlier volume, this study proceeds historically, from the origins of the Eucharist up to our own day. Unlike most studies of this kind, it includes an introduction to and developmental summary of the diverse eucharistic liturgies of the Christian East. It also explores the various Western rites (Ambrosian, Gallican, and Mozarabic) in addition to the Roman.With regard to theological themes, the authors give special attention to the topics of real presence (including the consecration of the bread and wine) and eucharistic sacrifice, the most central and most ecumenically challenging issues since the sixteenth-century Reformations.Making the book especially teacher- and student-friendly are the summary points at the end of each chapter. Each chapter also contains an abundance of liturgical texts for ease of reference.