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The cross and the Eucharist in early Christianity : a theological and liturgical investigation / Daniel Cardo.

"The Cross and the Eucharist in Early Christianity The Cross was present at the Eucharist in early Christianity as an idea, a gesture, and an object. Over time, these different actualizations of the quintessential symbol of Christianity have generated important questions about their meaning and...

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Online Access: Full Text (via Cambridge)
Main Author: CardoĢ, Daniel (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, UK ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2019.
Subjects:
Lord's Supper > History > Early church, ca. 30-600.
Holy Cross > History.
Crosses > History.
Church history > Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600.
Liturgics > History.
Church history > Primitive and early church.
Crosses.
Holy Cross.
Liturgics.
Lord's Supper > Early church.
30-600
History.
Table of Contents:
  • The cross and the Eucharist in patristic sources
  • The continuity from the cross to the Eucharist
  • The cross as origin of the Eucharist
  • The identity of the Eucharistic flesh and blood of Christ with the flesh and blood on the cross
  • The sacrifice of the cross
  • The cross at the Eucharist : gesture and object
  • The early Roman sacramentaries
  • The Roman canon
  • The Ordines Romani
  • The unity of the Last Supper and the cross and the discussion of the Eucharist as meal
  • The sign of the cross and the problem of the Roman epiclesis
  • The history and importance of the altar cross.

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