The Ascension and the Eucharist
The ascension of Christ and the Eucharistic real presence at first glance seem almost contradictory: Jesus is present in the Eucharist, but absent because of the ascension. Despite this conundrum, this article hopes to show that the Eucharist is not a substitute for the absence of the ascended Jesus...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Sage
2013
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| In: |
Irish theological quarterly
Year: 2013, Volume: 78, Issue: 4, Pages: 338-350 |
| Further subjects: | B
Ascension
B verticality B Transubstantiation B Real Presence B Cosmos B Eschatology |
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| Summary: | The ascension of Christ and the Eucharistic real presence at first glance seem almost contradictory: Jesus is present in the Eucharist, but absent because of the ascension. Despite this conundrum, this article hopes to show that the Eucharist is not a substitute for the absence of the ascended Jesus, but more the sacramental disclosure of what the ascension means: Christ fills all things and the risen and ascended One draws all creation to its fullness in him; this is the context in which ‘transubstantiation’ is to be understood. Horizontal (centripetal/centrifugal) approaches to the real presence need another dimension as supplied by the mystery of the ascension, namely, the vertical. |
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| ISSN: | 1752-4989 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Irish theological quarterly
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/0021140013497445 |