Eucharist


DOCUMENTS

Constitution on the Liturgy Vatican II document. See chapter 2

The Sacrament of the Eucharist Catechism of the Catholic Church

Decree on the Holy Eucharist Council of Trent

Canons on the Holy Eucharist Council of Trent

Canons on Communion Council of Trent

On the Holy Eucharist Pope Paul VI: Mysterium Fidei, 1965

On the Mystery and Worship of the Eucharist Pope John Paul II: Dominicae Cenae, 1980

On the Holy Eucharist Pope Leo XIII

Decree on First Communion Issued by the Sacred Congregation of the Discipline of the Sacraments on August 8, 1910

Instruction on Eucharistic Worship 1967 document issued by the Sacred Congregation of Rites

The Real Presence of Jesus Christ in the Sacrament of the Eucharist: Basic Questions and Answers Produced by the Committee on Doctrine of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops and approved by the full body of bishops at their June 2001 General Meeting

One Bread One Body A teaching document on the Eucharist in the life of the Church, and the establishment of general norms on sacramental sharing, Catholic Bishops' Conferences of England & Wales, Ireland, Scotland, 1998

All Praise and All Thanksgiving A Pastoral Letter on the Eucharist by Archbishop Theodore E. McCarrick of Newark, NJ

The Eucharist: To be Loved, To be Lived Pastoral message of Bishop Thomas J. Tobin of Youngstown, OH

The Eucharist By the Joint Roman Catholic/Lutheran Commission, Sigtuna, Sweden, October 1978

The Eucharist By the Joint Commission between the Roman Catholic Church and the World Methodist Council, 1976

The Eucharist: A Lutheran-Roman Catholic Statement October 1, 1967


ARTICLES, PAPERS

Eucharist and the Mimesis of Sacrifice By Bruce Chilton, April 2010

The Holy Eucharist By Christian W. Troll, S.J. in Muslims Ask, Christians Answer, 2010

Opening the Table: The Body of Christ and God's Prodigal Grace By Stephen Edmondson in Anglican Theological Review, Spring 2009

'Eucharistic moments': Mirroring the Broken Christ By Michael Barnes SJ in Thinking Faith: The Online Journal of the English Jesuits, June 2009

The Glorious Show By Desmond Ryan in Thinking Faith: The Online Journal of the English Jesuits, May 2009

Swine Flu and the Eucharist By Andrew Hamilton in Eureka Street, July 2009

Pure Sacrifice in Didache 14 As Jewish Christian Exegesis By Jonathan A. Draper, University of KwaZulu-Natal, in Neotestamenica, 2008

The Assumption of Desire: Kierkegaard, Lacan, and the Trauma of the Eucharist By Marcus Pound, University of Bristol, in Journal for Cultural and Religious Theory, Winter 2008

Patristic Theology of the Efficacy of the Eucharist By Tom Ravetz in Journal for the Renewal of Religion and Theology, August 2008

The Form and Drama of the Church; Hans Urs von Balthasar on Mary, Peter, and the Eucharist By Robert C. Koerpel in Logos: A Journal of Catholic Thought and Culture, Winter 2008

Life in the Kingdom: Meal as Symbol of Jesus' Mission By Sarah Sahu in Concept, 2008

Eating and Drinking Judgment: The Sacrament of Unity as a Sign and Source of Division By Paul A. Schreck in Journal of Ecumenical Studies, Fall 2007

The Complexities of Eucharistic Sharing in Homes for the Aged: A Study in Pastoral Ecumenism By Sherri Vallee in Journal of Ecumenical Studies, Fall, 2007

The Significance of the Eucharist in Orthodoxy By Angelo Nicolaides of the Greek Cypriot Church, Professor at Vaal University of Technology, Johannesburg, South Africa, 2007

Eucharistic Justice By David N. Power in Theological Studies, Dec, 2006

This, Too, Is My Body: When Does the Consecration Happen? By Mark Plaiss in Commonweal, May 19, 2006

“If Luther Will Accept Us with Our Confession …”: The Eucharistic Controversy in Calvin's Correspondence up to 1546 By Alasdair Heron in HTS Teologiese Studies / Theological Studies, 2006

A Mutual Presence: 'What Good Is It If the Bread is Changed & We Are Not?' By David Loxterkamp in Commonweal, Oct 7, 2005

Bread & Wine: What's Essential to the Eucharist? By Kenan B. Osborne in Commonweal, Oct 7, 2005

'This Is My Body': How to Understand Transubstantiation By Terence L. Nichols in Commonweal, Oct 7, 2005

Priests, Laity and the Sacrament of the Eucharist in Sixth Century Syria By Volker Menze, Department of History, Princeton University, in Hugoye: Journal of Syriac Studies, July 2004

Baptism, Eucharist, and the Hospitality of Jesus: On the Practice of "Open Communion" by James Farwell in Anglican Theological Review, Spring 2004

Eucharist: Heart of the Church John Paul II's encyclical Ecclesia de Eucharistia in condensed form, October 2003

The Liturgy of the Eucharist By William H. Shannon in Catholic Update, May 2003

The "Fractio Panis" and the Eucharist as Eschatological Banquet By Damien Casey in Theology@McAuley, 2002

Real Presence and First-Day Pitch-Ins: Why Quakers Are, and Must Be, a Eucharistic People By Patrick J. Nugent in Quaker Theology, Autumn 2002

Eucharistic Sharing: Revising the Question By Jeffrey Vanderwilt in Theological Studies, Dec, 2002

The Eucharist in African Perspective By James Chukwuma Okoye, CSSP in Mission Studies, 2002

The Real Presence: Jesus' Gift to the Church By John Bookser Feister in Catholic Update, September 2001

Jesus, Bread of Life By Virginia Smith in Scripture from Scratch, March 2001

Yes, Jesus Is Really There : Most Catholics Still Agree - Holy Communion By James D. Davidson in Commonweal, Oct 12, 2001

The Responsible Body: A Eucharistic Community By Matthew Whelan in Cross Currents, Fall 2001

Post-Holocaust Hermeneutics: Scripture, Sacrament, and the Jewish Body of Christ By Scott Bader-Saye in Harvard Theological Review, 2000

The Eucharist and Nonviolence: Remembering, Reconciling, and Sending Us Forth to Make Peace By Father John Dear, SJ, 2000

Arcavatara: Srivaisnava Image-Descent and Roman Catholic Eucharist By Edward P. Hahnenberg in Journal of Ecumenical Studies, Spring 2000

Treasures From The Storeroom: Medieval Religion And The Eucharist By John H. Mckenna in Theological Studies, June 2000

The Eucharist: A Foretaste of Heaven By Archbishop Daniel E. Pilarczyk in Millennium Monthly, July 2000

Eucharist: The Mystical Body By John Gallen, S.J. in Millennium Monthly, June 2000

Eucharist: The Real Presence By John Gallen, S.J. in Millennium Monthly, May 2000

Eucharist: Sign and Source of Christian Unity By Thomas Richstatter, O.F.M. in Catholic Update, May 2000

Robert Bellarmine And Post-Tridentine Eucharistic Theology By Robert J. Daly in Theological Studies, June, 2000

Post-Holocaust Hermeneutics: Scripture, Sacrament, and the Jewish Body of Christ By Scott Bader-Saye in Cross Currents, Winter 2000

Beginnings and Ends: Eucharist and Eschatology By Jason Fout in Quodlibet Journal, Fall 2000

Eucharist: Understanding Christ's Body By William H. Shannon in Catholic Update, January 1999

Eucharistic Fellowship in the Third Millennium? By Dagmar Heller in Ecumenical Review, 1999

Eucharistic Presence: An Invitation To Dialogue By John H. Mckenna in Theological Studies, June 1999

'Eucharistic Moments': Mirroring the Broken Christ By Michael Barnes in The Way, 1999

The Eucharist: Only a Symbol? By Ingrid Shafer, January 1998

The Presence of Christ in the Eucharist and the Formularies of the Church of England By Christopher J. Cocksworth in Journal of Ecumenical Studies, Spring 1998

Eucharist or Communion Service? By Timothy O'Loughlin in The Way, 1998

Promise and Warning: The Lord's Supper in 1 Corinthians By Craig R. Koester in Word & World, 1997

The Eucharist By Thomas Bokenkotter in Scripture from Scratch, June 1997

The Eucharist and World Hunger By Monika K. Hellwig, Association of Catholic Colleges and Universities, Washington, DC, in Word & World, Winter 1997

Who's Invited? By Gilbert Ostdiek, O.F.M., Catholic Theological Union, Chicago, Illinois, in Word & World, 1997

Eucharistic Symbolism in the Gospel of John By David E. Fredrickson, Luther Seminary, St. Paul, Minnesota, in Word & World, Winter 1997

The Eucharist: Source and Summit of Christian Spirituality By Mark Brumley in The Catholic Faith May/June 1996

April 1996 Issue of Spirituality Today Focus is on the Eucharist

Symbol of Unity, Reality of Division By Donna E. Schaper in Compass, 1996

Real Presence in the Eucharist By Jeffrey D. VonLehmen in Catholic Update, September 1996

First Communion: Joining the Family Table By Carol Luebering in Catholic Update, April 1995

Is The Eucharist Really Christ's Body and Blood? By Archbishop Michael J. Sheehan of Albuquerque, NM, May 1995

The Catholic Tradition of Eucharistic Theology: Towards the Third Millennium By Edward John Kilmartin in Theological Studies, September 1994

Eucharist and Eschatology in the Writings of the Wesleys By Steven T. Hoskins in Wesley Theological Journal, 1994

Eucharist and Blessing By Max Thurian in SIDIC Periodical, 1993

The Sacrament of the Eucharist: What Has Happened to My Devotion? By Thomas Richstatter, O.F.M. in Catholic Update, September 1992

The Eucharist as Symbol By Monika K. Hellwig in The Way, 1990

Between Baptism and Ministry: The Eucharistic Link By Maxwell E. Johnson, Notre Dame, Indiana, in Word & World, 1987

The Mystery of the Holy Eucharist Chapter 7 of the electronic edition of the New Edition of Andrew M. Greeley's The Great Mysteries: An Essential Catechism, 1985

Ministries of Word and Eucharist By David N. Power in The Way, 1985

The Nonviolent Eucharistic Jesus By (Rev) Emmanuel Charles McCarthy

The Eucharist Links to a number of articles on the Eucharist

The Sacrament of the Eucharist Catholic Online

St. Thomas Aquinas on the Eucharist (Summa Theologica)
The sacrament itself. The matter of this sacrament: its species, the transubstantiation, the real presence and the accidents of bread and wine. The form and effects of this sacrament. The recipient in general and at its institution. The minister and the rite of this sacrament.

The Holy Eucharist Baltimore Catechism

The Blessed Eucharist as a Sacrament By Joseph Pohle, Catholic Encyclopedia, 1909

On the Ends for Which the Holy Eucharist Was Instituted Baltimore Catechism

The Holy Eucharist Basic Doctrine. Mass and Communion. Eucharist in Scripture. Eucharistic Devotion. Church Documents

Holy Communion Evangelical Lutheran Church in America

The Lord's Supper Mennonite Confesion of Faith; Article 12



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