Eucharistic sacrifice and patristic tradition in the theology of Martin Bucer, 1534-1546 / by Nicholas Thompson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Thompson, Nicholas, 1965-

Series:

Studies in the history of Christian traditions 1573-5664 ; v. 119.

Studies in the history of Christian traditions, 1573-5664 ; v. 119

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bucer, Martin, 1491-1551.

Bucer, Martin.

Lord's Supper--Sacrifice--History of doctrines--16th century.

Lord's Supper.

Lord's Supper--Sacrifice--History of doctrines.

Lord's Supper--Sacrifice.

Physical Description:

xv, 315 pages ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2005.

Contents:

2 The Place of Tradition in the Debate on the Sacrifice of the Mass 17

2 The Authority of Tradition on the Eve of the Reformation 21

2.1 Humanism as a Complicating Factor 25

3 The Early Debate on the Sacrifice of the Mass 33

2 The Protestant Critique 34

2.1 Testamentum et Promissio 34

2.2 The Opus Operatum and its Application to Others 35

3 The Catholic Response 41

3.1 Sacrificium 44

3.2 Sacramentum Sacrificii 49

3.3 The Opus Operatum and its Application to Others 56

3.4 The Historical Development of the Mass 63

3.5 The Memorial of the Faithful Departed and the Saints 67

4 The Reformers' Use of Patristic Testimony in the Debate on the Mass 73

2 The Reformers' Use of the Fathers in the Debate on the Sacrifice of the Mass 75

2.1 Questioning the Authenticity of the Authorities 75

2.2 Sacrificium 76

2.3 Sacramentum Sacrificii 81

2.4 The Application of the Mass 85

2.5 The Private Mass 87

2.6 The Canon 88

3 Summary: Eucharistic Sacrifice and Tradition in the Early Reformation 89

5 Bucer's Early Writing on the Mass (1523-1531) 93

1.1 The Abolition of the Mass in Strasbourg 93

1.2 From the Abolition of the Mass to the Early 1530s 101

2 Bucer's Early Critique of the Mass 104

2.1 The Mutilation of the Divine Institution of the Sacrament 104

2.2 The Ethical and Ecclesiological Dimensions of the Eucharist 105

2.3 The Status of the Church's Liturgical Tradition 110

2.3.1 Christian Freedom and the Inner and Outer Dimensions of Christian Worship 110

2.3.2 The Eucharistic-Sacrificial Tradition 112

The Roman Canon 112

The Legitimacy of Later Additions to the Dominical Institution 113

The Eucharistic-Sacrifical Vocabulary of the Fathers 115

The Catholic Proof-Texts 116

The Indefectibility of the Church 123

6 Bucer's Preparations for a Council (1534-1540) 127

2 Evolution of the Idea of a Religious Colloquy 128

2.1 Epistola Apologetica (1530) 128

2.2 Furbereytung zum Concilio (1533) and Bericht auss der heyligen Geschrift (1534) 131

2.3 Defensio adversus Axioma Catholicum (1534) 140

2.4 The Florilegium Patristicum (c. 1539) and Consilium Privatim Conscriptum (c. 1540) 141

7 Catholic Irenic Writing on the Sacrifice of the Mass (1530-1540) 145

2 Augsburg 1530: the Committee of the Fourteen 145

3 Erasmus 148

4 Georg Witzel 149

5 Johannes Gropper 154

8 The Colloquies and the Mass (1539-1541) 167

1 The Second Colloquy of Leipzig (1539) 167

2 The Secret Colloquy of Worms (1540) and the First Colloquy of Regensburg (1541) 172

2.2 Article Fourteen: The Sacrament of the Eucharist 176

2.3 Article Twenty: Certain Dogmas Confirmed by the Authority of the Church 180

2.3.1 The Sacrifice of the Mass 183

The First Offering: Christ 183

The Second Offering: The Church 189

The Third Offering: Praise 195

The Fourth Sacrifice: Bread and Wine 196

The Canon of the Mass 198

2.4 Article Twenty-one: On the Administration of the Sacraments and Certain Specific Ceremonies 200

3 Summary: The Mass in the Era of the Colloquies 205

9 The Aftermath of the First Colloquy of Regensburg (1541-1546) 209

2 The Reformation at Cologne 209

2.1 Einfaltiges Bedenken / Pia ac Simplex Deliberatio (1543) 211

2.2 Gegenberichtung / Antididagma (1543) 212

2.3 Bestendige Verantwortung / Constans Defensio (1545) 213

2.4 De Vera et Falsa Caenae Dominicae Administratione (1546) 213

3 The Principles Underlying the Debate 216

10 Eucharistic Sacrifice in Constans Defensio (1543) and De Vera et Falsa Caenae Dominicae Administratione (1546) 225

2 The Structure of the Debate 225

3 Causa Offerendi: the Rationale of Sacrifice 226

4 The Four Sacrifices of the Mass 232

4.1 The Offering of Bread and Wine 233

4.2 The Offering of Christ 238

4.3 The Offering of the Church 254

4.3.1 The Opus Operatum and Its Application for Others 254

4.4 The Offering of Thanksgiving and Praise 260

4.4.1 Offering for the Living 260

4.4.2 Offering for the Dead 261

4.4.3 Purgatory 270

5 The Status of the Roman Canon 272

1 Bucer's Use of the Fathers 279

2 Bucer and the Eucharistic Sacrifice 281

1 Contemporary Printed Sources and Primary Sources in Print 289.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [289]-300) and index.

ISBN:

9004141383

OCLC:

55955664