Cult and Controversy: The Worship of the Eucharist Outside Mass

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Liturgical Press, 1990 - Reference - 460 pages

In the first part of this book, Father Mitchell traces the evolution within the Roman Catholic tradition of the cult of the Eucharist outside Mass, a change from holy meal to ritual drama that implied significant alterations of content, meaning, and interpretation.

The second section comments on the mandates of Vatican Council II whose call to a return to proper praxis necessitated changes in then current pastoral practice and theological interpretation.

 

Contents

The Disengagement of Communion from
16
Disengagement of Lords Supper from Lords
29
CHAPTER
44
Summary
61
Eucharistic Piety
86
Private Prayers in the Liturgy
104
Communion of the Sick
112
CHAPTER FOUR
123
Summary
259
CHAPTER
268
The Ritual of 1973
292
Pastoral Significance
300
Eucharistic Worship Outside Mass
310
The New Rites 1973
337
Theological Roots
343
Pastoral Significance of the New Rites
351

Debate and Desire
129
This
135
The Eucharistic Controversies of the Eleventh
137
The Rise of a Eucharistic Cult Outside Mass
163
Summary
184
CHAPTER SEVEN
204
The Second Vatican Council
210
Holy Communion Outside Mass
216
The Ritual of 1614
231
Theological Significance of the Rites
253
Summary
357
CHAPTER EIGHT
367
The Primacy of Vision
375
The Language of Eucharistic Symbolism
389
Liturgy and Devotions
403
Summary
417
CONCLUSION TO PART II
424
Index
444
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About the author (1990)

Nathan D. Mitchell, PhD, is Associate Director for Research at the Center for Pastoral Liturgy, University of Notre Dame. Six times a year, he writes "The Amen Corner" for Worship. In 1998, the North American Academy of Liturgy presented him with its Berakah Award. Other books by Mitchell that have been published by The Liturgical Press include Cult and Controversy, Mission and Ministry, and Rule of Prayer, Rule of Faith. He also contributed to The Collegeville Pastoral Dictionary of Biblical Theology.

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