John Calvin, the Church and the Eucharist / / Kilian McDonnell.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton Legacy Lib. eBook Package 1931-1979
• VerfasserIn: McDonnell, Kilian,
• Place / Publishing House: Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2015]; ©1967
• Year of Publication: 2015
• Language: English
• Series: Princeton Legacy Library ; 2251
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (422 p.)

Calvin's eucharistic doctrine has been approached in the past from the standpoint of his polemic with the Lutherans and the Zwinglians, but Father McDonnell believes that Calvin’s primary position was determined by his rejection of Roman Catholicism. The author, therefore, explores Calvin’s eucharistic doctrine through a comprehensive analysis of his stand against the Roman Catholic Church. Introductory chapters are devoted to the broader currents of pre-Reformation thought: Scotist tradition, devotiomoderna, humanism, and the Platonic renewal. The study continues with a discussion of St. Augustine, the medieval disputants, and the doctrines of Calvin’s contemporaries-Luther, Bucer, and Melanchthon. The final chapter considers the relevancy of Calvin’s objections to Catholic eucharistic doctrine and their relation to modern developments in Catholic sacramental thought.Originally published in 1967.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Preface -- Contents -- ABBREVIATIONS -- Introduction -- I. The Intellectual Pre-History: The Ecclesiological and Eucharistic Flight from Secondary Causality -- II. The Imperatives of the Ascension in Earthly Image and Heavenly Reality -- III. Calvin Accuses Rome -- IV. The Transcendent God as a Sacramental and Ecclesiological Concern: Calvin's Eucharistic Preoccupations, I -- V. Union with Christ as a Sacramental and Ecclesiological Concern: Calvin's Eucharistic Preoccupations, II -- VI. The Eucharist in Its Christological Context: Calvin's Eucharistic Doctrine, I -- VII. The Eucharist in Its Pneumatological Context: Calvin's Eucharistic Doctrine, II -- VIII. Open Questions -- Conclusion -- Appendix -- Bibliography -- Index of Names -- Subject Index