The Eucharistic Sacrifice, with Appended Notes
Overview
This great work by Stone, then Principal of Pusey House at Oxford University, is a compilation of six sermons preached by him at St. Paul’s Church, Knightsbridge, and St. Barnabas’ Church, Oxford, during the season of Lent in 1919. In it, Stone addresses the theological interconnections of Sacrifice, Resurrection, and Eucharist. He begins first with the sacrificial system of Old Testament, and even addresses Pagan sacrificial characteristics. He then moves forward into the Sacrifice as perfected by Christ through His Resurrection and as offered, based on His command, by the Church in the Eucharist.
These sermons are magnificent, and are compiled together into an invaluable cohesive theological work. Moreover, the thirty page “Appended Notes” included are an excellent collection of references, and by themselves make this volume worth having in every theological library.
Top Highlights
“To the Jew they were habitually associated with the fine flour of the meal offering and the wine of the drink-offering” (Page 21)
“In the Jewish sacrifices there were three main fundamental ideas.1 First, the sacrifice was a gift from man to God.” (Pages 4–5)
“Thirdly, the Jewish sacrifices were a means of communion between God and man.” (Page 5)
“This gladness of the early Church gathered round the Sacrament. It had its force in two great convictions. The first of them was the sense of deliverance. Christ had set Christians free; and the freedom included the power to conquer sin and live in holiness. And the second was the sense of personal communion with God.” (Page 54)
“That which is central in sacrifice is the dedication of the will. In true sacrifice there is always the gift of self.” (Page 20)
- Title: The Eucharistic Sacrifice, with Appended Notes
- Author: Darwell Stone
- Publisher: Morehouse Publishing Co.
- Publication Date: 1920
- Pages: 88