Become What You Receive A Systemeatic Study of the Eucharist

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Chapter 1: Symbol and Reality: Some Anthropological Considerations Importance of Symbols 2 The Symbolic Process 3 History of Understanding "Symbol" 6 Nature of Symbol 17 Approaching Symbols Creatively 23 Chapter 2: Phenomenology of Meal: A Means to Understanding the Eucharist 26 Food and Drink in the Bible 26 Bread and Wine 29 Eating and Drinking 30 Human Meals 31 Ritual Meals 34 Chapter 3: Meal in the Old Testament (Hebrew Scriptures) 37 Old Testament (Hebrew Scriptures) 38 Chapter 4: Eucharist: Celebration of Service 58 Old Testament Background 59 I dentity of the Servant 60 Traits of a "Corporate Personality" 61 New Testament Basis 64 Eucharist: Call to Service 67 Chapter 5: The Eucharist and the Resurrection 74 The Challenge of Humanism 75 The Resurrection 76 Link between Eucharist and Resurrection 89 Implications for the Eucharist Today 95 Conclusion 97 Chapter 6: Eucharist and Memorial 99 Historical Background 99 Theological Issues 108 Conclusions 114 Chapter 7: Searching for Our Roots 118 Thomas Talley (1924-2005) 118 Paul F. Bradshaw 135 Chapter 8: Changing Attitudes toward the Eucharist over the Centuries 144 Creative Origins (first 600years) 144 , Middle Ages (roughly 600-1500) 151 Reaction and Counterreaction: Trent (1545-63) to Pre-Vatican II (1960) 156 Reformation and Renaissance (especially the sixteenth century) 156 The Baroque Period (especially the seventeenth century) 158 The Liturgical Movement 160 Chapter 9: Eucharistic Presence: An Invitation to Dialogue 164 ,, Symbol and Reality 165 Christ`s Resurrection 167 Changing Attitudes toward the Eucharist 169 Eucharistic Presence: A Historical Overview 171 The Ninth Century 173 ` The Reformation 177 Transubstantiation 181 A PersonaHst Approach 182 Application to the Eucharist 184 Reactions and Qualifications 188 Conclusion 193 Chapter 10: Eucharist and Sacrifice: An Overview 194 The "Spiritualization" of Sacrifice 195 Christian Adaptation 196 Shifting Trends 199 Post-Nicene Contributions 201 ` Trent and the Reformation 205 More Recent Developments 208 The Future 210 Chapter 11: Eucharist and the Holy Spirit 214 Historical Reflections 214 Theological Reflections 219 Pastoral Reflections 228 Ecumenical Reflections 229