Eucharistic praying in ritual context : from the New Testament to the classical anaphoras / Nathan P. Chase.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Chase, Nathan, author.

Contributor:

Alcuin Club, issuing body.

Group for Renewal of Worship (Great Britain), issuing body.

Yarnall Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Series:

Alcuin/GROW liturgical study ; 97-98.

JLS, 0951-2667 ; 97-98

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Lord's Supper (Liturgy)--History--To 1500.

Lord's Supper (Liturgy).

Church history--Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600.

Church history.

Physical Description:

111 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.

Place of Publication:

Norwich, Norfolk, UK : Hymns Ancient and Modern, [2024]

Summary:

Early Christian Eucharistic celebrations and the Eucharistic prayers of the first through sixth centuries were shaped by their social, economic, and theological contexts. This study looks in detail at each of these contexts and how they related to one another in order to highlight the key influences that led to changes in early Eucharistic praying and the structure and content of the classical anaphoras (Eucharistic prayers). In so doing, this work provides a summary of scholarship on the Eucharistic celebration in this period in a way that is accessible to non-specialists and useful to scholars. -- From the back cover.

Contents:

Introduction

The social context

The ecclesial context

Sacrality of the Eucharistic food : from meal to infrequent communion

Popular piety and the legalisation of Christianity

Doctrinal developments and the need for instruction

The emergence of textual forms and their dissemination

Music, art, and the Eucharist

Conclusion.

Notes:

At foot of cover: "Alcuin Club and The Group for Renewal of Worship".

Includes bibliographical references (pages 106-108).

ISBN:

9780334065814

033406581X

OCLC:

1432733087