Book contents
- Eucharist and Receptive Ecumenism
- Eucharist and Receptive Ecumenism
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Tables
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- 1 The Call of Unity
- 2 Diversity Is the Tradition
- 3 A Phenomenology of Giving Thanks
- 4 Eucharistia and Revelation
- 5 Ambrose’s Words and the Roman Canon
- 6 Augustine and the Assembly’s Destiny
- 7 Consecrating and Offering the Ordinary
- 8 The Eschatological Exception
- 9 Outdo One Another in Showing Honor
- 10 Into the Heart of God
- Bibliography
- Index
7 - Consecrating and Offering the Ordinary
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 16 October 2020
- Eucharist and Receptive Ecumenism
- Eucharist and Receptive Ecumenism
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Tables
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- 1 The Call of Unity
- 2 Diversity Is the Tradition
- 3 A Phenomenology of Giving Thanks
- 4 Eucharistia and Revelation
- 5 Ambrose’s Words and the Roman Canon
- 6 Augustine and the Assembly’s Destiny
- 7 Consecrating and Offering the Ordinary
- 8 The Eschatological Exception
- 9 Outdo One Another in Showing Honor
- 10 Into the Heart of God
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
How does a deeper understanding of eucharistic thanksgiving also nuance and correct the Roman understanding of consecration and sacrifice? For centuries, the Roman Canon was the only Latin eucharistic prayer. Although Roman Catholics now hear a variety of prayers, and the Roman Canon is used infrequently in many parishes, the theological and spiritual paradigm that was built around this prayer still predetermines Roman Catholic eucharistic theology and practice.1 Now that the Canon is balanced by other eucharistic prayers, Latin Christians have a new opportunity to interpret its worldview in conversation with that expressed by other prayers indigenous to other parts of the Christian world.
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- Eucharist and Receptive EcumenismFrom Thanksgiving to Communion, pp. 141 - 167Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2020