The Eucharistic Communion and the World

CONTENTS......Page 6
INTRODUCTION......Page 9
Preliminary Remarks......Page 18
1. The Passover Meal and the Last Supper......Page 19
2. The Last Supper and the Church’s Eucharist......Page 23
1. The ‘One’ and the ‘Many’ in the Lord’s Supper......Page 29
2. The Ecclesiological Meaning of the Eucharistic Assembly......Page 31
3. The Eucharistic Community and the Ministry of the Church......Page 37
1. The Eucharist is Food......Page 41
2. The Eucharist is Judgement......Page 45
3. The Eucharist and the World......Page 48
Concluding Remarks......Page 50
Introduction......Page 56
1. The Biblical Evidence......Page 57
2. The Kingdom which is to Come — The Cause and Archetype of the Church......Page 60
3. Liturgical Practice......Page 62
4. The Gathering ‘In One Place’......Page 63
5. Passage through the Ascetic and Baptismal Experience......Page 64
6. The Eucharist as a Movement and Progression......Page 65
1. The Sacrifice of the Paschal Lamb......Page 67
2. A Festival of the Resurrection......Page 72
3. Remembrance of the Future......Page 75
1. The Structure of the Church’s ‘Institution’......Page 84
2. Communion of the Holy Spirit......Page 90
3. Transfiguration of the World......Page 96
Conclusion......Page 98
Introduction......Page 100
I. The Notion of Symbol......Page 101
II. Symbolism in the Christian Faith......Page 102
III. Symbolism in Orthodox Worship......Page 104
IV. Iconic Symbolism in Worship......Page 108
V. A Look at the Situation Today......Page 112
I. History......Page 116
II. Tradition......Page 121
III. Summary......Page 126
IV. Contemporary Application......Page 127
Introduction......Page 130
I. The Unity of Baptism, Confirmation and Eucharist......Page 131
II. The Reality of Baptism in the Mystery of Christ......Page 133
III. The Reality of Confirmation in the Mystery of Christ......Page 135
IV. The Reality of the Eucharist in the Mystery of Christ......Page 136
Introduction......Page 140
I. The Eucharist as Event......Page 141
II. The Eucharist as Acceptance of Creation......Page 142
III. The Eucharist as Anthropology......Page 144
4. The Eucharist as Ethics......Page 145
V. The Eucharist as Eschaton......Page 147
VI. The Eucharist as Hope......Page 148
Introduction to the Present Situation......Page 150
I. Theological Anthropology......Page 152
II. The Priests of Creation......Page 154
III. Being a Priest of Creation in Our Time......Page 156
Conclusion......Page 157
Introduction......Page 160
1. The First Centuries......Page 163
2. The Middle Ages......Page 165
3. Modern Times......Page 167
4. Positive Elements from Tradition......Page 168
1. Liturgical Culture and World-View......Page 170
2. Doctrines of Creation in the First Centuries......Page 171
3. Creation with a ‘Beginning’......Page 174
4. Creation ‘Out of Nothing’......Page 175
5. Towards a Christian Answer to the Question of Death and Nothingness......Page 179
1. A Theological Anthropology?......Page 180
2. What is Man?......Page 182
3. Man’s Failure......Page 186
Conclusion......Page 191
SOURCES......Page 194
Index of Scripture......Page 196
Index of Names......Page 202