The Holy Sacrifice of the Mass: A Search for an Acceptable Notion of SacrificeThis unique study explores the coherence of the Catholic tradition in relation to the fundamentals of faith. It will provide the reader with a contemporary understanding of traditional sacrifice. Catholic theology has struggled for an adequate account of the doctrine of sacrifice. In this book, McGuckian contends that the concept of sacrifice is central to the whole vision of faith. The Eucharist makes the Church, and the Eucharist is a sacrifice, so if we do not understand sacrifice we do not understand the Church. The Catholic faith contends that the Eucharist is a sacrifice. This introspective and contemplative work gives an intriguing and compelling account of how it actually is. |
Contents
A True and Proper Sacrifice | 1 |
Two Old Testament Models of Sacrifice | 26 |
The Last Supper and the Early Eucharist | 40 |
The Offertory in Tradition | 56 |
The Meal Theory of Sacrifice | 78 |
The Sacrifice of the Cross | 90 |
The Sacramental Sacrifice | 107 |
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