Eucharistic Origins
Overview
The conventional view of scholars has tended to be that the Last Supper, as recorded in the New Testament, was both the source and the pattern for the early Christian Eucharist. ‘Eucharistic Origins’ argues that, while the eucharistic sayings of Jesus did play an important part in shaping the beliefs of many early Christian communities: • the actual forms of their liturgical celebrations were quite varied • the association of the Eucharist with an evening meal continued, at least in some places, much longer than has usually been thought • the link between the eucharistic prayers found in later sources and the Jewish grace after meals is much more tenuous than previously imagined The author builds closely on the second edition of his book, ‘The Search for the Origins of Christian Worship’, and, by means of a step-by-step analysis of the principle sources from the first few centuries, traces what can be known, and also what cannot be known, about the thought and practice of this formative period of Christianity.
Top Highlights
“whenever they ate a ritual meal together, whatever form it took, they were to eat and drink in remembrance of him” (Page 13)
“both Passover elements in relation to the Last Supper and also other elements that seem irreconcilable” (Page 10)
“Antiochene version found in the more Hellenistic form of Luke and Paul. Matthew” (Page 3)
“two quite different Jewish liturgical constructions” (Page 9)
- Title: Eucharistic Origins
- Author: Paul F. Bradshaw
- Series: Alcuin Club Collections
- Volume: 80
- Publisher: SPCK
- Print Publication Date: 2004
- Logos Release Date: 2014
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
- Subjects: Lord’s Supper (Liturgy); Lord’s Supper › History
- ISBNs: 9780281056156, 0281056153
- Resource ID: LLS:CHRSTCRGNS
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2024-03-25T19:20:44Z