Eucharistic origins

The conventional view of scholars has tended to be that the Last Supper, as recorded in the New Testament, was both the source and the pattern for the early Christian Eucharist. 'Eucharistic Origin…

Shadow meal: reflections on eucharist

Many Protestant Evangelicals struggle to find meaning in the Lord's Supper. There may be theological positions to be held and certain religious protocols to be observed, but for many the Eucharist …

The mystical presence: a vindication of the reformed...

This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of th…

The Lord's supper

"Few things are more precious in the ordinary life and experience of the church than the sacramental meal instituted by Christ. Yet few things are more poorly understood and appreciated by his peop…

Eucharist: a guide for the perplexed

What is the Eucharist? This direct question would seem to yield an equally direct answer. However, as soon as we begin to answer it, we encounter an array of responses layered with various complexi…

Let every soul be Jesus guest: a theology of the open table

The very heart of Methodist identity is expressed in its invitations. All people are invited to hear the gospel, to believe it; to participate in what hymn writer Charles Wesley called the Gospel f…

The mystery of the last supper: reconstructing.., c.1-2

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978-0-521-73200-0

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xiv,244p.; 22 cm.

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232.957 HUM m.1-2

Eucharistic faith and practice Evangelical and Catholic

The Swedish original, of which a revised and shortened translation is now offered to the English-speaking public, was written in 1925-6, while Author occupied the chair of Ecclesiastical History in…

The Eucharistic theology of Theodore Beza

The specific subject of this study is the course of development in Beza's eucharistic theology from his Confession Christiane Fidei of 1558-60 to his last extensive treatise on the subject, De cont…

Eucharist: theology and spirituality of the Eucharistic prayer

The author traces the origin of the Eucharist back to the Jewish meal prayers, orberakoth, for it is here that he sees its ancestry. This daring but well-documented thesis is proposed here for the …