Book contents
- The Cambridge Companion to Christology
- Cambridge Companions to Religion
- The Cambridge Companion to Christology
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Contributors
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Part I The Christological Sources
- Part II The Christological Reception
- Part III The Contemporary Christological Discussions
- Bibliography
- Index
- Cambridge Companions To Religion … (continued from page ii)
- References
14 - Christology and the Eucharist
from Part IIIa - Christology and Systematic Theology
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 15 September 2025
Book contents
- The Cambridge Companion to Christology
- Cambridge Companions to Religion
- The Cambridge Companion to Christology
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Contributors
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Part I The Christological Sources
- Part II The Christological Reception
- Part III The Contemporary Christological Discussions
- Bibliography
- Index
- Cambridge Companions To Religion … (continued from page ii)
- References
Summary
This chapter explores christological underpinnings to eucharistic theology. It delineates transubstantiation, consubstantiation, and three versions of impanation in the effort to offer an incarnational model of Christ’s presence in the Eucharist.
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- The Cambridge Companion to Christology , pp. 234 - 250Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2025
References
Further Suggested Readings
Adams, Marylin McCord. Some Later Medieval Theories of the Eucharist: Thomas Aquinas, Giles of Rome, Duns Scotus, and William Ockham. Oxford, 2010.10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199591053.001.0001CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Arcadi, James M. An Incarnational Model of the Eucharist. Cambridge, 2018.10.1017/9781108588560CrossRefGoogle Scholar
“On the Intelligibility of Eucharistic Doctrine(s) in Analytic Theology.” In T & T Clark Handbook of Analytic Theology, edited by Arcadi, James M. and Turner, James T., Jr. London, 2021.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Belcher, Kimberly Hope. Eucharist and Receptive Ecumenism: From Thanksgiving to Communion. Cambridge, 2021.Google Scholar
Billings, J. Todd. Remembrance, Communion, and Hope: Rediscovering the Gospel at the Lord’s Table. Grand Rapids, MI, 2018.Google Scholar
Hunsinger, George. The Eucharist and Ecumenism. Cambridge, 2008.10.1017/CBO9780511817687CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Macy, Gary. The Banquet’s Wisdom: A Short History of the Theologies of the Lord’s Supper. Ashland City, TN, 2005.Google Scholar
Mathison, Keith A. Given for You: Reclaiming Calvin’s Doctrine of the Lord’s Supper. Phillipsburg, NJ, 2002.Google Scholar
Sasse, Hermann. This Is My Body: Luther’s Contention for the Real Presence in the Sacrament of the Altar. Rev. ed. Adelaide, 1977.Google Scholar
Shaver, Stephen R. Metaphors of Eucharistic Presence: Language, Cognition, and the Body and Blood of Christ. Oxford, 2022.10.1093/oso/9780197580806.001.0001CrossRefGoogle Scholar
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