Book contents
- The Cambridge Companion to Christian Liturgy
- Cambridge Companions to Religion
- The Cambridge Companion to Christian Liturgy
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Tables
- Contributors
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Part I Liturgy Throughout the Ages
- Part II The Celebration of the Liturgy
- 7 The Eucharist
- 8 Liturgy and the Sacraments
- 9 Liturgy of the Hours
- 10 The Liturgical Year
- Part III Liturgy and the Arts
- Part IV Liturgy and the Life of the Churches
- Part V The Study of Liturgy
- Bibliography
- Names Index
- Concepts and Places Index
- Cambridge Companions to Religion ()
- References
7 - The Eucharist
from Part II - The Celebration of the Liturgy
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 19 September 2025
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Book contents
- The Cambridge Companion to Christian Liturgy
- Cambridge Companions to Religion
- The Cambridge Companion to Christian Liturgy
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Tables
- Contributors
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Part I Liturgy Throughout the Ages
- Part II The Celebration of the Liturgy
- 7 The Eucharist
- 8 Liturgy and the Sacraments
- 9 Liturgy of the Hours
- 10 The Liturgical Year
- Part III Liturgy and the Arts
- Part IV Liturgy and the Life of the Churches
- Part V The Study of Liturgy
- Bibliography
- Names Index
- Concepts and Places Index
- Cambridge Companions to Religion ()
- References
Summary
Patrick Prétot comments on the individual parts of which the celebration of the Eucharist consists. For that, he takes as his point of departure the script of the Order of Mass, which is used in the Roman Catholic Church but which shows many commonalities with other liturgical and ecclesial traditions.
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- The Cambridge Companion to Christian Liturgy , pp. 117 - 132Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2025
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For Further Reading
Bouyer, Louis, Eucharist: Theology and Spirituality of the Eucharistic Prayer, trans. Quinn, Charles U. (Notre Dame, IN: University of Notre Dame Press, 2006).Google Scholar
Foley, Edward, Baldovin, John F., Collins, Mary, and Pierce, Joanne M. (eds.), A Commentary on the Order of Mass of the Roman Missal (Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 2011).Google Scholar
Foley, Edward, Mitchell, Nathan D., and Pierce, Joanne M. (eds.), A Commentary on the General Instruction of the Roman Missal (Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 2007).Google Scholar
Giraudo, Cesare, In Unum Corpus: Traité mystagogique sur l’Eucharistie, trans. Éric Iborra and Pierre-Marie Hombert (Paris: Cerf, 2014).Google Scholar
Grillo, Andrea, Eucaristia: Azione rituale, forme storiche, essenza sistematica (Brescia: Queriniana, 2019).Google Scholar
Jungmann, Joseph A., The Mass of the Roman Rite: Its Origins and Development (Missarum Sollemnia), 2 vols. (Notre Dame, IN: Ave Maria Press, 2012).Google Scholar
Kilmartin, Edward J., The Eucharist in the West: History and Theology, ed. Daly, Robert J. (Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 2004).Google Scholar
Mazza, Enrico, The Celebration of the Eucharist: The Origin of the Rite and the Development of Its Interpretation, trans. O’Connell, Mathew J. (Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 1990).Google Scholar
Mazza, Enrico, The Eucharistic Prayers of the Roman Rite, trans. O’Connell, Mathew J. (Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 2004).Google Scholar
Stuflesser, Martin, Eucharistie: Liturgische Feier und theologische Erschließung (Regensburg: Friedrich Pustet, 2013).Google Scholar
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