A Wesleyan Theology of the Eucharist

A Wesleyan Theology of the Eucharist
Title A Wesleyan Theology of the Eucharist PDF eBook
Author Jason E. Vickers
Publisher United Methodist General Board of Higher Education
Pages 304
Release 2016-10-14
Genre Religion
ISBN 9780938162575

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Discover the power and grace of the Eucharist.

A Wesleyan Theology of the Eucharist

A Wesleyan Theology of the Eucharist
Title A Wesleyan Theology of the Eucharist PDF eBook
Author Jason E. Vickers
Publisher United Methodist General Board of Higher Education
Pages 304
Release 2016-10-26
Genre Religion
ISBN 9780938162520

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Recover the Eucharist for church and ministry.

Wesleyan Eucharistic Spirituality

Wesleyan Eucharistic Spirituality
Title Wesleyan Eucharistic Spirituality PDF eBook
Author Lorna Lock-Nah Khoo
Publisher ATF Press
Pages 324
Release 2005
Genre Religion
ISBN 9781920691318

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The central thesis of the book is that there is a distinctive Wesleyan eucharistic spirituality. Looking at Wesleys's eucharistic practices, theology and sources, the writer identifies a spirituality that has a number of key themes. These revolve around the dynamic encounter with a personal Christ, the grace filled life, the therapeutic growth towards holiness and wholenes. They provide a way of looking at life and the formation of characters which may conform to the image of the Christ. While there were several reasons for the decline of Weslyean eucharistic spirituality after the death of the Wesleys, the writer maintains that this spirituality can be rediscovered, revived and communicated in new forms so as to impact Methodists around the world who are facing the challenges of the 21st century. The author is a pastor in a Methodist Church in Singapore.

Contextualizing the Wesleyan Theology of the Eucharist for the Church and Clergy

Contextualizing the Wesleyan Theology of the Eucharist for the Church and Clergy
Title Contextualizing the Wesleyan Theology of the Eucharist for the Church and Clergy PDF eBook
Author Jerry O. Campbell
Publisher
Pages 282
Release 1988
Genre Lord's Supper
ISBN

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Eucharist

Eucharist
Title Eucharist PDF eBook
Author Dr. Laurence Hull Stookey
Publisher Abingdon Press
Pages 210
Release 2010-12-01
Genre Religion
ISBN 142673901X

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This book is envisioned as a follow up to Stookey's successful Baptism: Christ's Act in the Church, published in 1982. It will provide historical--theological perspective in a style that is "popular," rather than academically heavy; and, it will be ecumenical in scope, but with a concentration on Protestantism. The shared Calvinian eucharistic tradition of Presbyterians, UCC, and Methodists will be particularly explored. It will also provide material pertinent to preaching, study of the eucharist by laity, and practical local reform that implements recent revisions of denominational rites.

A Theology of the Sacraments Interpreted by John and Charles Wesley

A Theology of the Sacraments Interpreted by John and Charles Wesley
Title A Theology of the Sacraments Interpreted by John and Charles Wesley PDF eBook
Author S T Kimbrough Jr.
Publisher Wipf and Stock Publishers
Pages 146
Release 2021-08-23
Genre Biography & Autobiography
ISBN 1666705675

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This volume brings together the theological interpretation of the sacraments of baptism and Holy Communion as expressed in the writings and hymns of John and Charles Wesley. -Section 1 addresses the Anglican-Methodist sacrament of baptism as interpreted by John Wesley with excerpts from his Treatise on Baptism. -Section 2 contains commentaries on six of Charles Wesley's hymns on baptism. The commentaries seek to elucidate not only the theological emphases of the texts but also their meaning for the church today. -Section 3 moves to the sacrament of Holy Communion and includes excerpts from John Wesley's sermon "On the Duty of Constant Communion." Charles Wesley expresses similar views in his treatise on Holy Communion, "And upon the first Day of the Week," and in his twenty-two stanza poem "Happy the Saints of Former Days." -Section 4 includes the commentaries on sixteen Wesley hymns for Holy Communion. -Section 5 includes new musical settings for all of the twenty-two Wesley hymns on baptism and Holy Communion included here by twenty contemporary composers from North and South America, Asia, and Europe. In a variety of musical styles they seek to capture the various theological emphases and nuances of the texts.

Whose Sacrifice is the Eucharist?

Whose Sacrifice is the Eucharist?
Title Whose Sacrifice is the Eucharist? PDF eBook
Author Stephen B Sours
Publisher CUA Press
Pages 304
Release 2024-07-26
Genre Religion
ISBN 0813238080

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This book explores what Catholics and Methodists believe about eucharistic sacrifice. Eucharistic sacrifice refers to the offering that Christ and his church make in the celebration of the Lord's Supper. It is, therefore, both a Christian doctrine and a church practice. The sacrificial dimension of the sacrament comes both from Christ's sacrifice on the cross and from his self-offering at the Last Supper in which Christ gives himself to the Father on behalf of his people. "This is my body, which is given for you" (Luke 22:19). The eucharist is a sacrificial meal because in the bread and cup Christians are united to the body and blood of Christ that was sacrificed for them on the cross. Moreover, the resurrected Lord is really present with his people in the eucharist, and while his historic crucifixion is an event in the past, Jesus' salvation continues and his grace is given to his people in the sacrament, "for this is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins" (Matthew 26:28). Catholics and Methodists believe that Jesus instructs his followers to repeat his words and actions from the Last Supper in their celebration of the eucharist, but a long running assumption is that Catholics and Methodists-following the historic Reformation schism-are deeply divided over eucharistic sacrifice. This book challenges that assumption by analyzing what these churches teach on eucharistic sacrifice from historical, sacramental, liturgical, and ecumenical perspectives. Key figures like Thomas Aquinas and John Wesley help define eucharistic sacrifice in each tradition. Subsequently, authoritative texts such as ecclesial statements, eucharistic prayers, and hymns further specify what Catholics and Methodists believe they are doing when they offer the eucharist to God. Sours argues that far from being divided, Catholics and Methodists have much in common regarding this controversial doctrine.