Corpus Christi: Essays on the Church and the Eucharist

by E.L. Mascall, Gerald McDermott (Preface)

This seminal work by E.L. Mascall explores the theology and significance of the Eucharist in fresh synthetic terms that work through and beyond some of the stale-mates of theological debate. A must have for students of twentieth-century anglo-catholic theology and all those who wish to dive deep into catholic sacramentology.

Genres: Theology

312 pages, Paperback

Published August 31, 2020

Reviews

[Gabriel Franke · Rating 5 out of 5]

Must-read for Anglicans who want a better understanding of how we should view the Eucharist as the Sacrifice, how its connection to the unity of the Church. Mascall offers a fair examination of many 19th and 20th century Roman Catholic views of the Eucharist and Sacrifice, refining them to help us as Anglicans better understand our own Eucharistic theology.

“Thus the whole life of Christ on earth was, as it were, one solemn Mass, in which he himself was the altar and the temple, the priest and the victim”

“The Mass is therefore neither a new sacrifice nor a part of the Sacrifice; it is the one Sacrifice in its totality, present under a sign.”

Read dis book.

[Jadon B · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book completely changed the way I view the Church, and by extention, the nature and essence of the Eucharist. I do not believe there is any modern equivalent of this book, either Protestant or Roman Catholic. Full review coming soon.