A theology of Eucharistic sacrifice

Many Christians fear that the Roman Catholic belief in the sacrifice of the Mass is a down-grading of the once-for-all sacrifice of Christ on the Cross. The Windsor Statement of the Anglican-Roman Catholic International Commission has gone some of the way towards meeting these misgivings; but the simple fact is that Roman Catholic theology has been groping for centuries, trying to explain in what sense the Mass is a sacrifice. The author's attempt to solve this problem deserves very careful consideration. To put it briefly, his view is that Calvary is a sacrifice analogically and transcendentally; but not literally a sacrifice and a representation of the analogical sacrifice of Calvary, and which conveys the grace of Calvary. In this Eucharistic sacrifice the priest offers Christ himself under the forms of bread and wine.

Year

1974

Language

English

Publisher

clergy book service

Editions

1

Pages

88

ISBN

9780853424680

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