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The Eucharist as Symbol and Reality A Master's Thesis Submitted in Partial Fulfillment Master of Arts in Theological Studies School of Divinity

2018, The Eucharist as Symbol and Reality

This work outlines the theological interpretation that the nature of the Eucharist is the actual body and blood of Christ ingested by the participants at the Lord's Table. It proposes that the keys to unlocking the mystery of the Eucharist are reexaminations of the Old Testament typology of the "Bread of the Presence, " and the New Testament patristic understanding of symbol and reality that point to the Real Presence of Christ in the Eucharist. These comprehensions serve renewal hermeneutics by advancing Eucharistic theology toward three goals: they provide insights that inform and facilitate our experience of Christ's Real Presence in the assembly of the Lord's Table, they call contemporary culture to satisfy their deep longing to experience the Presence of the Living God though Holy Communion, and they recall the hope that Jesus' prayer in John 17: 20-23 for unity of his one body may be realized.

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The article is intended to provide an adequate analytical description of the theology of the Eucharist as it is formulated and understood within three Protestant theological traditions: the Lutheran, the Anglican and the Russian Baptist. The fundamental presupposition of this research is that the hospitality between various Protestant churches is impossible without ample theological comprehension of the key similarities as well as dissimilarities in their interpretations of classic Christian doctrines. This paper attempts to produce such an investigation in the instance of the doctrine of the Eucharist. Here the three confessional theologies of the Eucharist are examined each in its turn according to the ‘dogmatic’ approach, that is a study of the official doctrinal documents of the three denominations, and the ‘key theologians’ approach, that is an inquiry into opinions of several thinkers determinative to the respective traditions. After short review of Biblical roots and pre-Reformation historical developments in the theological interpretation of the Eucharist, the author dedicates next sections of the article specifically to the exploration of Lutheran, Anglican and Russian Baptist ways of looking at the Lord’s Supper. Then the key differences and fundamental commonalities of the three Eucharistic traditions are highlighted and concluding statements about the need for re-appreciation of different aspects of the Eucharistic theology are made.

Josefina Manabat

James M Arcadi

Forthcoming in Philosophy Compass The doctrine of the Eucharist has been one of the more fruitful locales of philosophical reflection within Christian theology. The central philosophical question has been, " what is the state of affairs such that it is apt to say of a piece of bread, 'This is the body of Christ'? " In this article, I offer a delineation of various families of answers to this question as they have been proffered in the history of the church. These families are distinguished by how they view the presence of the body of Christ as well as the continued presence of the bread and wine after consecration. I then provide a specific examination of some recent attempts to explicate these views. A number of the recent work has focused on the Roman Catholic doctrine of transubstantiation, but I also survey consubstantiation, transignification, and a recent revival of impanation as potential means for describing the metaphysical realities of the Eucharist.

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Clement Obiorah

The doctrine of the ‘Real presence’ holds that Jesus Christ is present in the Eucharist, not merely symbolically or metaphorically, but in a true real substantial way. This is a common agreement for both Roman Catholics, Lutherans, and the Reformed sects, but as to the mode in which this occurs marks the differential. Jacob A. Clayton even attests to further divides amongst the Reform movements. Some theological terms, like Transubstantiation, consubstantiation and suprasubstantiation, represents the major lines of divide. At the end of the spectrum is Huldrych Zwingli’s denial of the Real presence, on the pretext of cannibalism. It is quite important to note in the flow of Church history, the role of theological discussions and creedal statements of history. They can be instructive today for countering modern day false teaching and for establishing a polemic against falsehood. Thus said, we shall articulate the Catholic teachings on the Eucharist on the real presence and its centrality to the Christian life of holiness.

David Efird , Joshua Cockayne , Daniel Molto

We present a new understanding of Christ’s real presence in the Eucharist on the model of Stump’s account of God’s omnipresence and Green and Quan’s account of experiencing God in Scripture. On this understanding, Christ is derivatively, rather than fundamentally, located in the consecrated bread and wine, such that Christ is present to the believer through the consecrated bread and wine, thereby making available to the believer a second-person experience of Christ, where the consecrated bread and wine are the way in which she shares attention with him. The consecrated bread and wine are then, in a sense, icons of Christ.

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Robert Sokolowski wrote that biblical words activate the presence of God. But can we speak of the “sacramentality of the word” analogous to the sacrament itself? This paper collects reflections on the “making present” of the word of God intra mysteriorum celebrationem. This issue is related to the theme of the relationship between past and present in the Eucharist, which was dealt with by Sokolowski. The article summarizes this philosopher’s views on the Eucharistic presence, in dialogue with which it then reflects on the presence of Christ in the word of God. From the “Passover-centricity” of the Holy Scriptures stems a kind of making present the anticipatory self-giving of God in the events to which the inspired texts testify. The liturgy of the word must lead to the climactic event of Passover and its sacramental making present. There can be no question of “two presences” of the Lord at Mass. The words of institution from the Last Supper have a role in the actualization of the Pa...

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Shim, Kioh. "John Wesley's Eucharist and the online Eucharist." Thesis, University of Birmingham, 2013. http://etheses.bham.ac.uk//id/eprint/4398/.

Paterson, Torquil John Macleod. "The Eucharist and history." Thesis, Rhodes University, 1990. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1018262.

Turnbloom, David. "Celebrating the Eucharist as Subjects of Charity: Retrieving a Thomistic Grammar of the Eucharist." Thesis, Boston College, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/2345/bc-ir:104540.

Massaro, Thomas 1961. "The Eucharist and Social Justice:." The Church in the 21st Century Center at Boston College, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/2345/bc-ir:103710.

Colloton, Paul H. "Language for leadership at the Eucharist leadership at the Eucharist in the liturgy at Rome /." Online full text .pdf document, available to Fuller patrons only, 2001. http://www.tren.com.

Disco, Bernard William. "God's Gracious and Scandalous Gift of Desire: The Liturgy of the Eucharist in Louis-Marie Chauvet's 'Symbolic Exchange' with Jean-Luc Marion's Phenomenology of Givenness and René Girard's Mimetic Theory." Thesis, Boston College, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/2345/bc-ir:108628.

Economidis, Michael. "The Eucharist in John of Damascus." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 2007. http://www.tren.com/search.cfm?p001-1170.

Gauthier, Patricia. "The Eucharist as Symbol and Reality." Thesis, Regent University, 2018. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10932876.

This work examines the theological interpretation that the nature of the Eucharist is the actual body and blood of Christ ingested by the participants at the Lord’s Table. It proposes that the keys to unlocking the mystery of the Eucharist are reexaminations of the Old Testament typology of the “Bread of the Presence,” and the New Testament patristic understanding of symbol and reality that point to the Real Presence of Christ in the Eucharist. These comprehensions serve renewal hermeneutics by advancing Eucharistic theology toward three goals: they provide insights that inform and facilitate our experience of Christ’s Real Presence in the assembly of the Lord’s Table, they call contemporary culture to satisfy their deep longing to experience the Presence of the Living God through Holy Communion, and they recall the hope that Jesus’ prayer in John 17: 20–23 for unity of his one body may be realized.

Harrington, Daniel J. "The Eucharist in the Early Church:." The Church in the 21st Century Center at Boston College, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/2345/bc-ir:103712.

McPartlan, Paul Gerard. "The Eucharist makes the church : the Eucharistic ecclesiologies of Henri de Lubac and John Zizioulas compared." Thesis, University of Oxford, 1989. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.304880.

Gittoes, Julie. "Anamnesis and the eucharist : contemporary anglican approaches /." Aldershot : Ashgate, 2008. http://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb412944377.

Samra, James G. "The eucharist a mosaic of theological images /." Online full text .pdf document, available to Fuller patrons only, 2001. http://www.tren.com.

Gittoes, Julie Anne. "Anamnesis and the Eucharist : contemporary Anglican approaches." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 2004. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.616163.

Royer, Lorraine Bernadine. "Eucharist celebrating and living the justice of God /." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1991. http://www.tren.com.

Carpenter, Van Eldon. "Wyclif's realism and his view of the eucharist." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1995. http://www.tren.com.

Lewis, Eric P. "Descartes and tradition : the miracle of the Eucharist /." Thesis, This resource online, 1995. http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-06082009-171023/.

Burnett-Chetwynd, Gemma Claire. "Feminist theology and Anglican liturgy : embodiment and Eucharist." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 2013. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.648155.

O'Malley, Seán P. (Seán Patrick) 1944. "The Eucharist: At the Center of Catholic Life." The Church in the 21st Century Center at Boston College, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/2345/bc-ir:103713.

Stohlmann, David Henry. "The eucharist center of the church's worship and life /." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1994. http://www.tren.com.

Eng, Jerry Seow-Hng. "The contextualization of the eucharist in the Malaysian church." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1996. http://www.tren.com.

O'Brien, Scott T. ""O marvelous exchange" a mystagogical catechesis of the Eucharist /." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1999. http://www.tren.com.

Groome, Thomas H. "How is the Eucharist the Center of Catholic Life?:." The Church in the 21st Century Center at Boston College, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/2345/bc-ir:103705.

Ralph, Margaret Nutting. "Probing the Mystery of the Eucharist: New Testament Models." The Church in the 21st Century Center at Boston College, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/2345/bc-ir:103714.

George, Kuruvilla. "From people's theatre to people's Eucharist : resources from popular theatre for Eucharistic reform in the Church of South India, Kerala State." Thesis, University of Edinburgh, 1999. http://hdl.handle.net/1842/19786.

Burton, Ben. "Poetics of the Eucharist from Robert Southwell to John Milton." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2010. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.519752.

Cavanaugh, William T. "Torture and eucharist : theology, politics, and the Body of Christ /." Oxford (U.K.) : Blackwell, 1998. http://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb390106772.

Spahn, Stephen F. "Mass intentions: Memorials, money and the meaning of the Eucharist." Thesis, Boston College, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/2345/bc-ir:105012.

McHardy, David. "Eucharist, ministry and authority in the ecclesiology of John Zizioulas." Thesis, University of Edinburgh, 1997. http://hdl.handle.net/1842/30481.

Van, der Water Desmond. "Towards a eucharistic theology and practice for the South African context : a re-appraisal of Reformed eucharistic theology from the perspective of the Eucharist in Catholic liberation theology." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 1989. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/15883.

Fahrig, Stephen David. "The Context of the Text: Reading Hebrews as a Eucharistic Homily." Thesis, Boston College, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/2345/bc-ir:107586.

Norsworthy, C. Gray. "Coming together, multicongregational and multicultural unity and diversity through the eucharist." Chicago, Ill : McCormick Theological Seminary, 1997. http://www.tren.com.

Hancock, Brannon. "The scandal of sacramentality : the Eucharist in literary and theological perspectives." Thesis, University of Glasgow, 2010. http://theses.gla.ac.uk/2568/.

Scaffidi, Christopher Robert. "Understanding the Eucharist of Ignatius of Antioch through the passover memorial." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1995. http://www.tren.com.

Asomugha, Catherine. "Constructing an Igbo theology of the Eucharist toward a covenanted kinship /." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1997. http://www.tren.com.

Flummerfelt, Robert John Beecher. "Baptism, chrismation, and Eucharist for infants questions of rights and rites /." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1999. http://www.tren.com.

Goodwin, Colin Robert, and res cand@acu edu au. "Praesentia Substantialis: an examination of the Thomistic metaphysics of the Eucharistic presence." Australian Catholic University. School of Philosophy, 2006. http://dlibrary.acu.edu.au/digitaltheses/public/adt-acuvp138.17052007.

Galgalo, Joseph Denge. "Eucharistic sacrifice : a theological study of the sacrificial interpretation of the early Eucharist and its role in the economy of salvation (c.30-202)." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 2001. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.621093.

Robichaux, Robie Edward. "Canonical considerations of the Eucharist as the completion of the initiatory process." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN) Access this title online, 1990. http://www.tren.com/search.cfm?p029-0185.

Connelly, Christopher D. "Pastors of souls and the diligent teaching about the most holy Eucharist." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 2007. http://www.tren.com/search.cfm?p029-0704.

Bishop, Andrew. "Eucharist shaping : church, mission and personhood in Gabriel Hebert's liturgy and society." Thesis, King's College London (University of London), 2014. https://kclpure.kcl.ac.uk/portal/en/theses/eucharist-shaping(9798bcfc-7679-4378-ae8c-238ddfedac8f).html.

Phiri, Felix Mabvuto. "Receive your own mystery and become what you receive: the Eucharist as a source of reconciliation, justice and peace in conflicting Sub-Saharan Africa." Thesis, Boston College, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/2345/1855.

Raines, Scott Hawkley. "The Second Coming of Don Quixote: Painting and the Quixote as Eucharistic Art." BYU ScholarsArchive, 2019. https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd/8268.

Hewitt, Anthony R. "Liturgical adaptations in the celebrations of Baptism and Eucharist for the Hispanic community." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 2008. http://www.tren.com/search.cfm?p029-0715.

Arcadi, James Michael. "This bread is the body of Christ : an incarnational model of the Eucharist." Thesis, University of Bristol, 2015. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.683690.

Labuschagne, M. M. M. (Margaret Mary McDonald). "The virtual sacrament : a literature survey of the Eucharist as liturgical ritual online." Diss., University of Pretoria, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/46190.

Behan, Mary Kate. "Pilgrimage, Eucharist, and the Embodied Experience: Explorations Toward a Catholic Theology of Pilgrimage." University of Dayton / OhioLINK, 2015. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=dayton1438088184.

Amos, Charles Harry. "John Chrysostom's understanding of the Eucharist in its relation to the Christian life." Thesis, Rhodes University, 1988. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1001547.

Lee, Heung Sun. "Spiritual growth in a Korean immigrant church through a greater understanding of the Eucharist /." Free full text is available to ORU patrons only; click to view:, 2004. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/oru/fullcit?p3150444.

Vu, Chi Hy Paul, and res cand@acu edu au. "The Pledge of Future Glory: The Eschatological dimension of the Eucharist: A Systematic exploration." Australian Catholic University. School of Theology, 2004. http://dlibrary.acu.edu.au/digitaltheses/public/adt-acuvp58.29082005.

Attridge, Michael. "The Eucharist in Anglican/Roman Catholic international dialogue, where do we go from here?" Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1997. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/ftp04/mq25196.pdf.