Eucharist and Receptive Ecumenism

Eucharist and Receptive Ecumenism
Author: Kimberly Hope Belcher
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 255
Release: 2020-10-15
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1108839568

This book bridges Catholic and Protestant theologies of the eucharist using ritual practice and the act of giving thanks.

Sacrificing the Church

Sacrificing the Church
Author: Eugene R. Schlesinger
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages: 211
Release: 2019-10-01
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1978700016

In a context of scandal and decline, the Christian church cannot afford to do business as usual. It must regain its bearings and clarify its nature and purpose. Sacrificing the Church provides this clarity by returning to the church’s foundation: Jesus Christ and him crucified. It presents an ecclesiological vision in which every aspect of the church’s life flows from and expresses the one sacrifice of Christ. This sacrifice is the basis of every ecclesial experience, the form and content of the church’s life, a life which shares in the eternal Trinitarian life of God. By and as Christ’s sacrifice we are introduced into the divine life. This participation plays out in three key areas, which set the church’s agenda in the contemporary world: its worship of God (Mass), mission to the world (mission), and efforts toward the unity of all people, beginning with divided Christians (ecumenism).

Calvin's New Testament Commentaries

Calvin's New Testament Commentaries
Author:
Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press
Total Pages: 272
Release: 1993-01-01
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9780664254896

Parker expounds upon Calvin's prinicples of interpretation, taking into consideration early 16th-century hermeneutics, and giving special emphasis to the reformers Melanchthon, Bucer, and Bullinger. Extensive bibliographies of Calvin's commentaries are included, as well as relevant Greek and Latin Bibles, and classical patristic, medieval, and renaissance works.

Transubstantiation

Transubstantiation
Author: Brett Salkeld
Publisher: Baker Academic
Total Pages: 266
Release: 2019-11-19
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1493418246

This thoroughgoing study examines the doctrine of transubstantiation from historical, theological, and ecumenical vantage points. Brett Salkeld explores eucharistic presence in the theologies of Aquinas, Luther, and Calvin, showing that Christians might have more in common on this topic than they have typically been led to believe. As Salkeld corrects false understandings of the theology of transubstantiation, he shows that Luther and Calvin were much closer to the medieval Catholic tradition than is often acknowledged. The book includes a foreword by Michael Root.

Eucharist and Receptive Ecumenism

Eucharist and Receptive Ecumenism
Author: Kimberly Hope Belcher
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 255
Release: 2020-10-15
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1108865259

All doctrinal development and debate occurs against the background of Christian practice and worship. By attending to what Christians have done in the eucharist, Kimberly Belcher provides a new perspective on the history of eucharistic doctrine and Christian divisions today. Stepping back from the metaphysical approaches that divide the churches, she focuses on a phenomenological approach to the eucharist and a retrieval of forgotten elements in Ambrose's and Augustine's work. The core of the eucharist is the act of giving thanks to the Father – for the covenant and for the world. This unitive core allows for significant diversity on questions about presence, sacrifice, ecclesiology, and ministry. Belcher shows that the key is humility about what we know and what we do not, which gives us a willingness to receive differences in Christian teachings as gifts that will allow us to move forward in a new way.

The Eucharist

The Eucharist
Author: Church of England. House of Bishops
Publisher: Church House Publishing
Total Pages: 44
Release: 2001
Genre: Intercommunion
ISBN: 9780715138496

The Eucharist: Sacrament of Unity sets out the teaching of the Church of England, within the Anglican Communion, on the Eucharist. It discusses why is it so important, how Christ is present, whether the Eucharist a sacrifice in any sense, and why Anglicans offer eucharistic hospitality to members of other churches.

Eucharist and Ecumenism

Eucharist and Ecumenism
Author: Owen F. Cummings
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Total Pages: 165
Release: 2013-07-08
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1620327597

Most Christians worship on a regular basis on the Lord's Day. They have done so from the beginning, and their worship has centered on the Eucharist, following Jesus's words, "Do this in remembrance of me." Over the two millennia of the Christian tradition there have been shifts of emphasis and understanding about the Eucharist. This book attempts to point out, by providing accessible accounts of both liturgies and liturgists across the centuries and traditions, just how much different Christians have in common and how they can benefit from attending to one another's worship. The author's ultimate hope is that in its small way, the book will contribute to Christians worshiping together.

Ecumenism, Christian Origins and the Practice of Communion

Ecumenism, Christian Origins and the Practice of Communion
Author: Nicholas Sagovsky
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 232
Release: 2000-05-04
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9780521772693

The theology of communion, or Koinonia, has been at the centre of the ecumenical movement for more than thirty years. It is central to the self-understanding of the Anglican, Roman Catholic and Orthodox Churches, and has been prominent in the work of the World Council of Churches. This book, based on the 1996 Hulsean Lectures, examines the significance of Koinonia for contemporary ecumenical theology, tracing the development of contemporary understanding in critical engagement with the thoughts of Plato, Aristotle, the Hebrew Scriptures, the New Testament, the Cappadocian Fathers and Augustine. In each case, reflection on community life is related to actual communities in which texts were produced. The importance of conflict and the place of politics for the Koinonia that constitutes the Christian churches is a major theme throughout. Communion is seen as a gift to be received and a discipline to be cultivated in the continuing practice of ecumenism.

Eating Together, Becoming One

Eating Together, Becoming One
Author: Thomas O'Loughlin
Publisher: Liturgical Press
Total Pages: 192
Release: 2020-03-19
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0814684831

2020 Catholic Press Association first place award, ecumenism or interfaith relations In November 2015, Pope Francis called on theologians to explore whether normal Catholic practice should be changed to allow Christians, belonging to other churches, to share fully at the table when they take part in a Eucharist celebrated by Catholics. Thomas O’Loughlin provides his contribution to that challenge in this volume. He argues that the various ways of thinking about what we are doing in the liturgy should lead us to see intercommunion as enhancing our participation in the mystery of the Church and the mystery we celebrate. Learn more and watch Professor Tom O'Loughlin's interview with the Aqueduct Project, discussing Eating Together, Becoming One: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ySkMzHtkMU