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Genre/Form: | Early works Electronic books Early works to 1800 |
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Additional Physical Format: | Print version: Albertus, Magnus, Saint, 1193?-1280. On the body of the Lord. Washington, D.C. : Catholic University of America Press, 2017 (DLC) 2017007110 (OCoLC)965734862 |
Named Person: | Albertus, Magnus Saint |
Material Type: | Document, Internet resource |
Document Type: | Internet Resource, Computer File |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Albertus, Magnus Saint; Albert Marie Surmanski |
ISBN: | 9780813229591 0813229596 |
OCLC Number: | 1001928143 |
Language Note: | Text in English, translated from the original Latin. |
Description: | 1 online resource (xv, 461 pages) |
Contents: | Abbreviations; Select Bibliography; I. Introduction; Introduction; Authorship; Style, Structure, and Purpose; Biblical Interpretation; Sacramental Signification; Catholic Teaching and Practice; Translation; II. On The Body Of The Lord; Prologue; Distinction One: Grace; Chapter 1: This sacrament is nothing but grace.; Chapter 2: This sacrament is not given except by the most gracious.; Chapter 3: This sacrament is not given except to the dearest friends.; Chapter 4: This sacrament of the Eucharist causes nothing but good grace. Chapter 5: This sacrament is grace upon grace as if containing a heap of graces.Chapter 6: This sacrament contains every grace.; Distinction Two: Gift; Tractate 1: About the properties of the giver; Chapter 1: About the magnificence in the generosity of the giver; Chapter 2: The joyfulness of the giver in the gift; Chapter 3: About the affection of the giver in his charity and his intimate love; Tractate 2: About the properties of the gift; Chapter 1: About the nobility of the gift; Chapter 2: About the bounty of the gift; Chapter 3: About the usefulness of this sacramental gift Chapter 4: About the likeness of this gift to the giverTractate 3: About the properties of the recipient; Chapter 1: That the gift should be effective on the part of the recipient; Chapter 2: This gift is fitting and proportionate for the receiver.; Chapter 3: The gift should stay and remain with him who has received it.; Distinction Three: Food; Tractate 1: What kind of food is the sacrament?; Chapter 1: About the nobility of the food from its origin; Chapter 2: About the sweetness and taste of this food; Chapter 3: About the fineness of this food from its preparation Chapter 4: About the sweetness of this food from its operationChapter 5: About the nourishment from the power of this food; Chapter 6: About the fittingness of this food for the one eating from its likeness; Chapter 7: About the penetration of this food into the one eating by its subtlety; Chapter 8: About the ability of this food to unite, which it has from its connaturality with the one eating; Chapter 9: About the firm adherence of this food to the one eating, from the food's grasp of the one eating; Tractate 2: About the quality of the drink Chapter 1: Of what kind should the sacramental drink be in genus and species?Chapter 2: What should be the quality of the taste of this wine?; Chapter 3: How should this wine be mixed?; Chapter 4: How should the drink be for the usage of grace?; Chapter 5: How should this drink be in the operation of its proper effect?; Tractate 3: In which is treated how the whole Christ is contained under the form of bread and under the form of wine; Chapter 1: He repeats the opinions of some about how Christ is contained under the sacramental species. |
Series Title: | Fathers of the church., Mediaeval continuation ;, v. 17. |
Other Titles: | De corpore Domini. |
Responsibility: | Albert the Great ; translated by Sr. Albert Marie Surmanski, OP. |
Abstract:
Albert the Great wrote On the Body of the Lord in the 1270s, making it his final work of sacramental theology. A companion volume to his commentary on the Mass, On the Body of the Lord is a comprehensive discussion of Eucharistic theology. The treatise is structured around six names for the Eucharist taken from the Mass: grace, gift, food, communion, sacrifice, and sacrament.
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