TY  - BOOK
AU  - Bradshaw,Paul F.
AU  - Johnson,Maxwell E.
TI  - The Eucharistic liturgies: their evolution and interpretation 
SN  - 9780814662403
AV  - BV823 .B64 2012
U1  - 264/.36 23
PY  - 2012///
CY  - Collegeville, Minn.
PB  - Liturgical Press
KW  - Lord's Supper (Liturgy)
KW  - History
KW  - Liturgics
N1  - "A Pueblo book."; Includes index; Origins -- The second and third centuries -- The fourth and fifth centuries: historical context and rites -- The fourth and fifth centuries: questions in anaphoral development and eucharistic theology -- The Christian East -- The medieval West -- The Protestant and Catholic reformations -- The modern period
N2  - In graduate theology programs across the United States and elsewhere, Maxwell Johnson’s The Rites of Christian Initiation: Their Evolution and Interpretation has 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.  Like 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. -- Publisher
ER  -