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A Gift of Presence : The Theology and Poetry of the Eucharist in Thomas Aquinas / Jan-Heiner Tuck ; translated by Scott G. Hefelfinger ; foreword by Bruce D. Marshall.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Tück, Jan Heiner, author.
- Standardized Title:
- Gabe der Gegenwart. English
- Language:
- English
- German
- Subjects (All):
- Thomas, Aquinas, Saint, 1225?-1274.
- Thomas.
- Lord's Supper--History--Middle Ages, 600-1500.
- Lord's Supper.
- Genre:
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (406 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, D.C. : Catholic University of America, 2018.
- Language Note:
- In English and German language.
- Summary:
- Jan-Heiner Tück presents a work that explores the sacramental theology, lived spirituality, and Eucharistic poetry of the Church's doctor communis, St.Thomas Aquinas.Although Aquinas' Eucharistic poetry has long occupied an important place in the Church's liturgical prayer and her repertoire of sacred music, the depth of these poems remains.
- Contents:
- Intro
- Contents
- Foreword by Bruce D. Marshall
- Translator's Preface
- Author's Preface to the Third Edition
- Author's Preface to the First Edition
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Part A. Systematic Reconstruction: The Eucharistic Theology of the Summa theologiae
- 1. Preliminaries
- 2. "Hoc est corpus meum": The Transformation of the Gifts
- 3. "Quod pro vobis tradetur": The Passion of Christ and Its Representative Realization in the Celebration of the Eucharist
- Part B. The Poetic Distillation of Eucharistic Theology in the Hymns
- 4. Preliminaries
- 5. The Mystery of Eucharistic Conversion: The Hymn Pange lingua gloriosi
- 6. A Poetic Theology of Gift: The Hymns Sacris solemniis and Verbum supernum
- 7. Commemoration-Making-Present-Expectation: The Sequence Lauda Sion
- 8. Hidden Presence and Contemplative Adoration: The Hymn Adoro te devote
- 9. Summary: The Poetic Distillation of Eucharistic Theology in the Hymns
- Part C. Eucharistic Passages
- 10. An Interim Reflection: Epochal Forms of Eucharistic Theology
- 11. The Self-Gift of Jesus Christ in the Signs of Bread and Wine
- 12. Eucharistic Passages
- Bibliography
- Index.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 0-8132-3040-3
- OCLC:
- 1040072202
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