Eucharistic Sacrifice and Patristic Tradition in the Theology of Martin Bucer, 1534-1546.

Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Key to Abbreviations -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The Place of Tradition in the Debate on the Sacrifice of the Mass -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The Authority of Tradition on the Eve of the Reformation -- 2.1. Humanism as a Complicating Factor -- 3. The Early Debate on the Sacrifice of the Mass -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The Protestant Critique -- 2.1. Testamentum et Promissio -- 2.2. The Opus Operatum and its Application to Others -- 3. The Catholic Response -- 3.1. Sacrificium -- 3.2. Sacramentum Sacrificii -- 3.3. The Opus Operatum and its Application to Others -- 3.4. The Historical Development of the Mass -- 3.5. The Memorial of the Faithful Departed and the Saints -- 4. The Reformers' Use of Patristic Testimony in the Debate on the Mass -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The Reformers' Use of the Fathers in the Debate on the Sacrifice of the Mass -- 2.1. Questioning the Authenticity of the Authorities -- 2.2. Sacrificium -- 2.3. Sacramentum Sacrificii -- 2.4. The Application of the Mass -- 2.5. The Private Mass -- 2.6. The Canon -- 3. Summary: Eucharistic Sacrifice and Tradition in the Early Reformation -- 5. Bucer's Early Writing on the Mass (1523-1531) -- 1. Introduction -- 1.1. The Abolition of the Mass in Strasbourg -- 1.2. From the Abolition of the Mass to the Early 1530s -- 2. Bucer's Early Critique of the Mass -- 2.1. The Mutilation of the Divine Institution of the Sacrament -- 2.2. The Ethical and Ecclesiological Dimensions of the Eucharist -- 2.3. The Status of the Church's Liturgical Tradition -- 6. Bucer's Preparations for a Council (1534-1540) -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Evolution of the Idea of a Religious Colloquy -- 2.1. Epistola Apologetica (1530) -- 2.2. Furbereytung zum Concilio (1533) and Bericht auss der heyligen Geschrift (1534) -- 2.3. Defensio adversus Axioma Catholicum (1534).

2.4. The Florilegium Patristicum (c. 1539) and Consilium Privatim Conscriptum (c. 1540) -- 7. Catholic Irenic Writing on the Sacrifice of the Mass (1530-1540) -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Augsburg 1530: the Committee of the Fourteen -- 3. Erasmus -- 4. Georg Witzel -- 5. Johannes Gropper -- 8. The Colloquies and the Mass (1539-1541) -- 1. The Second Colloquy of Leipzig (1539) -- 2. The Secret Colloquy of Worms (1540) and the First Colloquy of Regensburg (1541) -- 2.1. Introduction -- 2.2. Article Fourteen: The Sacrament of the Eucharist -- 2.3. Article Twenty: Certain Dogmas Confirmed by the Authority of the Church -- 2.4. Article Twenty-one: On the Administration of the Sacraments and Certain Specific Ceremonies -- 3. Summary: The Mass in the Era of the Colloquies -- 9. The Aftermath of the First Colloquy of Regensburg (1541-1546) -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The Reformation at Cologne -- 2.1. Einfaltiges Bedenken / Pia ac Simplex Deliberatio (1543) -- 2.2. Gegenberichtung / Antididagma (1543) -- 2.3. Bestendige Verantwortung / Constans Defensio (1545) -- 2.4. De Vera et Falsa Caenae Dominicae Administratione (1546) -- 3. The Principles Underlying the Debate -- 10. Eucharistic Sacrifice in Constans Defensio (1543) and De Vera et Falsa Caenae Dominicae Administratione (1546) -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The Structure of the Debate -- 3. Causa Offerendi: the Rationale of Sacrifice -- 4. The Four Sacrifices of the Mass -- 4.1. The Offering of Bread and Wine -- 4.2. The Offering of Christ -- 4.3. The Offering of the Church -- 4.4. The Offering of Thanksgiving and Praise -- 5. The Status of the Roman Canon -- 11. Conclusion -- 1. Bucer's Use of the Fathers -- 2. Bucer and the Eucharistic Sacrifice -- Bibliography -- 1. Contemporary Printed Sources and Primary Sources in Print -- 2. Secondary Sources -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- L.

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