On the body of the Lord / Albert the Great ; translated by Sr. Albert Marie Surmanski, OP.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Albertus, Magnus, Saint, 1193?-1280, author.

Contributor:

Surmanski, Albert Marie, 1982- translator.

Series:

Fathers of the church. Mediaeval continuation ; v. 17.

The Fathers of the Church mediaeval continuation ; Volume 17

Standardized Title:

De corpore Domini. English

Language:

English

Latin

Subjects (All):

Lord's Supper--Early works to 1800.

Lord's Supper.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (480 pages).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington, District of Columbia : Catholic University of America Press, [2017]

Summary:

Albert the Great wrote On the Body of the Lord in the 1270s, making it his final work of sacramental theology.A companion volume to his commentary on the Mass, On the Body of the Lord is a comprehensive discussion of Eucharistic theology.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Abbreviations

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I. Introduction

Introduction

Authorship

Style, Structure, and Purpose

Biblical Interpretation

Sacramental Signification

Catholic Teaching and Practice

Translation

II. On The Body Of The Lord

Prologue

Distinction One: Grace

Chapter 1: This sacrament is nothing but grace.

Chapter 2: This sacrament is not given except by the most gracious.

Chapter 3: This sacrament is not given except to the dearest friends.

Chapter 4: This sacrament of the Eucharist causes nothing but good grace.

Chapter 5: This sacrament is grace upon grace as if containing a heap of graces.

Chapter 6: This sacrament contains every grace.

Distinction Two: Gift

Tractate 1: About the properties of the giver

Chapter 1: About the magnificence in the generosity of the giver

Chapter 2: The joyfulness of the giver in the gift

Chapter 3: About the affection of the giver in his charity and his intimate love

Tractate 2: About the properties of the gift

Chapter 1: About the nobility of the gift

Chapter 2: About the bounty of the gift

Chapter 3: About the usefulness of this sacramental gift

Chapter 4: About the likeness of this gift to the giver

Tractate 3: About the properties of the recipient

Chapter 1: That the gift should be effective on the part of the recipient

Chapter 2: This gift is fitting and proportionate for the receiver.

Chapter 3: The gift should stay and remain with him who has received it.

Distinction Three: Food

Tractate 1: What kind of food is the sacrament?

Chapter 1: About the nobility of the food from its origin

Chapter 2: About the sweetness and taste of this food

Chapter 3: About the fineness of this food from its preparation

Chapter 4: About the sweetness of this food from its operation.

Chapter 5: About the nourishment from the power of this food

Chapter 6: About the fittingness of this food for the one eating from its likeness

Chapter 7: About the penetration of this food into the one eating by its subtlety

Chapter 8: About the ability of this food to unite, which it has from its connaturality with the one eating

Chapter 9: About the firm adherence of this food to the one eating, from the food's grasp of the one eating

Tractate 2: About the quality of the drink

Chapter 1: Of what kind should the sacramental drink be in genus and species?

Chapter 2: What should be the quality of the taste of this wine?

Chapter 3: How should this wine be mixed?

Chapter 4: How should the drink be for the usage of grace?

Chapter 5: How should this drink be in the operation of its proper effect?

Tractate 3: In which is treated how the whole Christ is contained under the form of bread and under the form of wine

Chapter 1: He repeats the opinions of some about how Christ is contained under the sacramental species.

Chapter 2: He illustrates the determined truth from its properties.

Tractate 4: How should this food be received?

Chapter 1: That this food must be received in the truth of faith

Chapter 2: That it must be received in certain hope of the divine bounty

Chapter 3: That this food should be received in the charity of ecclesiastical unity

Chapter 4: That this food must be received in bitterness

Chapter 5: That it must be received in the pleasures of eternal enjoyment

Distinction Four: Communion

Chapter 1: That this sacrament causes communion in the fount of all grace

Chapter 2: That this sacrament causes communion in the glory of the angels

Chapter 3: That this sacrament causes communion with the saints.

Chapter 4: That this sacrament causes communion in the sufferings of the mystical body

Chapter 5: That this sacrament causes material assistance in works of mercy

Chapter 6: That this sacrament makes common all that is ours of both spiritual and material things

Chapter 7: That this sacrament causes the truest communion of the divine and the human

Distinction Five: Sacrifice

Chapter 1: About the authority and antiquity of this sacrifice

Chapter 2: About the holiness of this sacrifice

Chapter 3: About the acceptableness of this sacrifice

Chapter 4: About the truth of this sacrifice

Distinction Six: Sacrament

Tractate 1: About the institution of this sacrament

Chapter 1: About the reason for the institution of this sacrament

Chapter 2: About the necessity for the institution of this sacrament

Chapter 3: About the time of the institution of this sacrament

Chapter 4: About the mode of the institution of this sacrament

Tractate 2: About the matter and form of this sacrament

Chapter 1: About the matter of this sacrament

Chapter 2: About the form of the sacrament over the bread

Chapter 3: About the form that is spoken over the wine

Chapter 4: About things following both forms

Tractate 3: What in this sacrament is the sacrament alone, and what are the reality and the sacrament, and what is the reality without the sacrament?

Chapter 1

Tractate 4: In which the rite of this sacrament is treated

Chapter 1: About the rite of this sacrament on Christ's part

Chapter 2: About the rite of this sacrament on the minister's part

Chapter 3: About the rite of this sacrament on the recipient's part

III. Indices

General Index

Index of Holy Scripture.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

0-8132-2959-6

OCLC:

1001928143