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“Holy Mass and the Eucharist” (ST/LT 196) is dedicated to the history and theology of the Mass.  Students will explore at length the biblical origins of Catholic understandings of the Mass and will study the development of eucharistic theology in the Catholic Tradition. In addition, students will examine several of the most significant magisterial documents on the Eucharist, including the teachings of the Council of Trent, Pope Pius XII, Pope Paul VI, the Second Vatican Council, and Pope Benedict XVI.

    The material of this course builds upon the more basic Paul VI Institute course on sacraments titled “Catholic Sacramental and Liturgical Theology” (LT 101). 

Required Texts

  1. Kereszty, Roch. The Wedding Feast of the Lamb: Eucharistic Theology from a Historical, Biblical, and Systematic Perspective. Chicago: Hillenbrand, 2004. 

  2.  All other required readings are posted on the Blackboard site and linked on the course calendar below. 

 

COURSE CALENDAR†

  

Week

Due Date

Topic

Readings

0

2/15

Orientation

1.        Syllabus

1

2/22

Sacrifice and Sacred Scripture

1.        Kereszty chap. 1: “Sacrifice in the History of Religions,” pp. 2-7

2.        Kereszty chap. 2: “Sacrifice in the Old Testament,” pp. 8-14

3.        Kereszty, “The Eucharist in the New Testament,” pp. 15-18

4.        Pope Benedict XVI, Apostolic Exhortation Sacramentum caritatis, §§ 9-11

5.        CCC § 1330

2

3/1

The Institution of the Most Holy Sacrifice

1.        Kereszty chap. 3: “The Institution Accounts,” pp. 19-37

2.        Kereszty chap. 6: “The Eucharist in Pauline Theology,” pp. 64-69

3.        CCC §§ 1337-1344

3

3/8

The Gospels and Acts

1.        Kereszty chap. 4: “The Eucharist in the Synoptic Gospels and Acts,” pp. 38-50

2.        Kereszty chap. 5: “The Eucharist in the Gospel of John,” pp. 51-63

3.        Gospel of John, chapter 6, any Bible

4

3/15

Christ the

High Priest:

Melchizedek

1.        Kereszty chap. 7: “The Eucharist in the Letter to the Hebrews,” pp. 70-78

2.        Pope Pius XII, Encyclical on the Sacred Liturgy Mediator Dei, §§ 1-3, 67-69

3.        CCC § 1333

4.        Letter to the Hebrews (entire), any Bible

5

3/22

Christ the Victim: The Paschal Lamb and the Eschatological Banquet

1.        Pope Pius XII, Encyclical on the Sacred Liturgy Mediator Dei, §§ 70-74

2.        Kereszty chap. 8: “The Eucharist in the Book of Revelation,” pp. 79-90

3.        Second Vatican Council, Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy Sacrosanctum concilium, § 8

4.        CCC §§ 1334, 1382-1390, 1402-1405

5.        Book of Revelation (any Bible), skim the book to familiarize yourself with the contents and read parts that particularly interest you

6

3/29

Early Christian Eucharistic Theology

1.        Kereszty chap. 9: “The Unfolding of the Biblical Themes in Early Tradition,” pp. 92-103

2.        Kereszty chap. 10: “Further Developments in Greek Patristic Thought,” pp. 104-117

7

4/5

Eucharistic Theology in the West

1.        Kereszty chap. 11: “Development of Eucharistic Theology in the Latin Fathers,” pp. 118-129

2.        Kereszty chap. 12: “From Early Middle Ages to the Protestant Reformation,” pp. 130-138

3.        St Thomas Aquinas, Hymns for Corpus Christi: Lauda Sion, Sacris solemniis, Verbum supernum

8

4/12

Protestants

and

Trent

1.        Kereszty chap. 12: “From Early Middle Ages to the Protestant Reformation,” pp. 139-145

2.        Kereszty chap. 13: “From the Council of Trent to Vatican II,” pp. 150-157

3.        Council of Trent, Session 13: Decree and Canons Concerning the Most Holy Sacrament of the Eucharist

4.        Council of Trent, Session 22: Doctrine and Conons Concerning the Sacrifice of the Mass

9

4/19

Doctrinal Formulae and Reform

1.        Pope Paul VI, Encyclical on the Eucharist Mysterium fidei (entire)

2.        Vatican II, Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy Sacrosanctum concilium, §§ 49-58

3.        Pope Paul VI, Apostolic Constitution Missale Romanum (entire)

10

4/26

Full, Conscious, and Actual Participation

1.        Vatican II, Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy Sacrosanctum concilium, §§ 14, 48

2.        Pope Pius XII, Encyclical on the Sacred Liturgy Mediator Dei, §§ 80-112

3.        Pope Benedict XVI, Apostolic Exhortation Sacramentum caritatis, §§ 52-65

4.        CCC §§ 1390-1401

 

  

 

† The Professor reserves the right to make substitutions, deletions, or additions to the schedule of readings.