What is the Eucharist?
By: Translated from the French by R.F. Trevett
Contributors: Trevett, R. F. (Reginald Frederick), 1904-1961, translator
Edition: [1st ed.].
Series: Twentieth century encyclopedia of Catholicism -- 52; Twentieth century encyclopedia of Catholicism -- 52.
Publisher: Hawthorn Books
Published: 1960
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 125
Subjects: Lord's Supper
Work titles: Eucharistie
Description: "Our aim in these few pages will be to explain what we believe takes place when we celebrate the Eucharist, what secret reality is made present for us in this rite as old as Christianity itself, the whole of whose mystery it bears within it. To explain means to bring to light all that can be brought to light concerning a truth whose origin is God himself. There will be two stages in this explanation. We shall first set out the actual terms of the doctrine which is of faith for all believers. We shall then try to acquire that type of understanding which is known as the intellectual grasp of the faith, or theology. This can never do away with the mystery. It reconciles reason to the mystery and even arouses its admiration for it and, at the same time, is pregnant with important consequences in the realm of daily life." [Introduction].
Notes: Translation of: L'Eucharistie. 1959.

Includes bibliography.

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Table of contents: title: Part I: The church's faith in the Eucharist; title: I. Christ's institution of the Eucharist; title: the Eucharist in the synoptic gospels and st. Paul; title: the testimony of st. John; title: the real presence in the Eucharist according to the gospels; title: II. The church's doctrine; title: evidence for the faith of the early church towards dogmatic formulations; title: the Eucharist doctrines of the council of trent; title: Part II. The theology of the Eucharist; title: III. The key to the doctrine of the Eucharist; title: the sacramental order; title: the sacramental concept becomes a reality in the Eucharist; title: IV. Christ's presence in the Eucharist; title: transubstantiation; title: what is the substance of the thing?; title: what, then is transubstantiation?; title: From transubstantiation to real presence; title: the mode of Christ's existence in the consecrated host; title: the sacramental order of transubstantiation; title: V. The Eucharist as a sacrifice; title: general notion as sacrifice; title: the sacrifice of the cross; title: the sacrifice of the mass; title: what the mass adds to the sacrifice of the cross; title: the priest and the community of the faithful at mass; title: VI. The Eucharist as communion; title: the nature of the Eucharistic communion; title: the Eucharist banquet; title: the Eucharist is our food; title: the Eucharist is a communion; title: the effects of the Eucharistic communion; title: the Eucharist develops the life of grace; title: union with Christ; title: the building up of the mystical body; title: the combined effects of the Eucharist; title: how we should prepare to receive the Eucharist; title: Eucharistic communion and the Eucharistic sacrifice; title: Part III. The Eucharistic practice of the church; title: VII. The worship of the real presence; title: VIII. Participation of the faithful at mass; title: IX. Frequent communion; title: conclusion: the place of the Eucharist in the Christian system.