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Eucharistic Doctors.


Eucharistic Doctors

Owen F. Cummings

Paulist Press

977 Macarthur Boulevard, Mahwah NJ, 07430

0809142430 $19.95 www.paulistpress.com

Owen F Cummings (Regents Professor of Theology at Mt. Angel Seminary in St. Benedict, Oregon) presents Eucharistic Doctors: A Theological History as an informed, informative, and scholarly theological study of the Christian ritual
  • Christian sacraments
  • Christianised rituals
See also
  • Christian liturgy
  • Christian mythology
  • Myth and ritual
 of the Eucharist. Eucharistic Doctors includes an analysis of thirty total "doctors" of the Christian tradition Christian traditions are traditions of practice or belief associated with Christianity.

The term has several connected meanings. In terms of belief, traditions are generally stories or history that are or were widely accepted without being part of Christian doctrine.
 of eucharistic thought. involving the study of contemporary time, both the Eastern and Western Churches, Eucharistic Doctors lists, and includes the histories of Ignatius of Anitoch, Hippolytus, Ambrose, John Chrysostom Noun 1. John Chrysostom - (Roman Catholic Church) a Church Father who was a great preacher and bishop of Constantinople; a saint and Doctor of the Church (347-407)
St.
, Augustine, Macimus the Confessor CONFESSOR, evid. A priest of some Christian sect, who receives an account of the sins of his people, and undertakes to give them absolution of their sins.
     2.
, Thomas Aquinas, Wyclif, Luther, Calvin, Thomas Cranmer Thomas Cranmer (July 2, 1489 – March 21, 1556) was the Archbishop of Canterbury during the reigns of the English kings Henry VIII and Edward VI.[1] He was an influential theologian who, with Richard Hooker and Matthew Parker, was a co-founder of Anglican , and others. Eucharistic Doctors is a very highly recommended read for all students of the Christian faith in general, and the Christian sacrament of the eucharist in particular.
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Title Annotation:Eucharistic Doctors: A Theological History
Author:Taylor, John
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Date:Mar 1, 2006
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