Sacrament of salvation : an introduction to eucharistic ecclesiology /

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Author / Creator:	McPartlan, Paul.
Imprint:	Edinburgh : T & T Clark, 1995.
Description:	xviii, 126 pages ; 22 cm
Language:	English
Subject:	Lord's Supper -- Catholic Church. Lord's Supper -- Real presence. Church. Christian union. Christian union. Church. Lord's Supper -- Catholic Church. Lord's Supper -- Real presence.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/13196915

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ISBN:	0567292991 9780567292995
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. committed to retain from JKM Seminaries Library 2023 JKM University of Chicago Library
Summary:	Using the Eucharist as an interpretative key, Paul McPartlan surveys the entire sweep of Church history, from its roots in the Old Testament through the foundation and unfolding of the Church over the last two millennia. This century's great renewal is examined through the eyes of Henri de Lubac, who reintroduced the idea of the Church herself as the great Sacrament 'which contains and vitalises all the others'. This is an understanding profoundly traditional but at the same time capable of generating consequences of extraordinary power and originality. The book makes significant contributions to contemporary thinking on ecumenism, evangelisation and ecology. Concern for unity with other churches arises from the recognition of a common Christian mission to the whole of humanity - and furthermore to all creation. How the ecumenical movement has reflected upon the Church is examined here, in connection with major ecumenical statements on the Eucharist.

Table of Contents:

The eucharist makes the Church : Calvary cross and heavenly banquet
Preparation of the children of Abraham : the Messiah foretold by the prophets
The story of the new people of God : two thousand years in three steps
'A Modern Father of the Church' : the trials and triumphs of Henri de Lubac
The Church, sacrament of salvation : liturgy, structure and mission
The Holy Spirit and unity : the eucharist in ecumenical dialogue
'This Is the Cup of My Blood' : the chalice and the renewal of baptism
"The Universe Attains Its Destiny through Us' : Christ and the Church : priest of creation.

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