Eucharist Makes the Church [Paperback]

Paul McPartlan (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 1, 2006

Henri de Lubac and John Zizioulas in Dialogue. Forewords by Edward Yarnold, SJ and Metropolitan John (Zizioulas) of Pergamon. This original and wide-ranging study treats many of the deepest theological issues in modern ecumenism, including our understanding of the Trinity and the nature of primacy, in a vigorous and accessible fashion.

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Dr Paul McPartlan's outstanding work, The Eucharist Makes the Church, remains fully as important today as when it was first published. I know of no better introduction to Orthodox ecclesiology or to the thought of Metropolitan John Zizioulas. Easy to read, it is at the same time systematic and scholarly. --Metropolitan Kallistos (Ware) of Diokleia --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

About the Author

Rev Dr Paul McPartlan, a priest of the Diocese of Westminster, England, is the Carl J Peter Professor of Systematic Theology and Ecumensim at the Catholic Univeristy of America in Washington, DC. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Paperback: 368 pages
• Publisher: Eastern Christian Publications; 2nd edition (November 1, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0567292630
• ISBN-13: 978-0567292636
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.5 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 15.7 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,222,290 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Outstanding!, August 19, 2000

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This review is from: Eucharist Makes the Church (Paperback)

I would give this book to all my friends if I wasn't so poor. Maybe I'll sell my computer to do so...Really, though, McPartlan has done his homework and does a supurb job in presenting the Eucharistic theology of two respected theologians, one Roman Catholic (de Lubac), the other Eastern Orthodox (Zizioulas), showing how it is the Eucharist which is celebrated in communion with a bishop which constitutes the Church.

The book is divided into three parts. First, de Lubac is presented, covering a wide range of topics which include the nature of personhood, the neopatristic synthesis, nature and supernatural, St.Aquinas and space and time, Mysticism and Eucharist, the Chacedonian shift, universal concrete and corporate personality, the Eucharist makes the Church, the Church makes the Eucharist, bishop as High Priest, the universal and the particular Church, Jean Jaques von Allmen and Nicolas Afanassieff.

Part two concerns Zizioulas's works which cover most of the same themes found in part one, but from a slightly different angle. It also contains a helpful overview of Russian theologians such as Georges Florovsky, Vladimir Lossky, and Nicolas Afanassieff.

Part three puts de Lubac and Zizioulas in diologue. Topics include Beginning and End, Christ and the Spirit, History and Eschatolgy, The Beating Heart of the Church, Baptism Penance and the Eucharist, Blocks and Strings and Spiders Webs. People of God and Body of Christ.

The conclusion covers The Church and the World. Complementary Critique, and Catholicity.

For further reading there is an exhaustive bibliography for both theologians and a general one which is very, very helpful.

This book is so needed in this age of often misguided ecumenism which often neglects the meaning and role of the Eucharist as the Heart of the Church's life. Please look at Zizioulas' other books, especially "Being as Communion".

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Creative discussion of two remarkable theologians, March 30, 2000

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This review is from: Eucharist Makes the Church (Paperback)

This book allows you to listen in on one of the most interesting conversations in contemporary theology. The work of Henri de Lubac and John Zizioulas are both attempts to refresh the theological visions of their respective Churches (Roman Catholic and Greek Orthodox) by going back to the patristic sources. McPartlan helps to point the way toward a non-scholastic approach to theology which is grounded the eucharistic liturgical life that is the Church in an effort to clarify what unites and divides these two ancients communions and to point the way to unity. An excellent work which includes valuable full bibiliographies of both authors.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Eucharist and Church- Body of Christ, April 11, 2004

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matt (the reading room) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Eucharist Makes the Church (Paperback)

I wanted to redo this review to add a little bit. I would give this book to all my friends if I weren't so poor. Maybe I'll sell my computer to do so...Really, though, McPartlan has done his homework and does a superb job in presenting the Eucharistic theology of two respected theologians, one Roman Catholic (de Lubac), the other Eastern Orthodox (Zizioulas), showing how it is the Eucharist which is celebrated in communion with a bishop which constitutes the Church.
The book is divided into three parts. First, de Lubac is presented, covering a wide range of topics which include the nature of personhood, the neopatristic synthesis, nature and supernatural, St.Aquinas and space and time, Mysticism and Eucharist, the Chalcedonian shift, universal concrete and corporate personality, the Eucharist makes the Church, the Church makes the Eucharist, bishop as High Priest, the universal and the particular Church, Jean Jaques von Allmen and Nicolas Afanassieff.
Part two concerns Zizioulas's works which cover most of the same themes found in part one, but from a slightly different angle. It also contains a helpful overview of Russian theologians such as Georges Florovsky, Vladimir Lossky, and Nicolas Afanassieff.
Part three puts de Lubac and Zizioulas in dialogue. Topics include Beginning and End, Christ and the Spirit, History and Eschatology, The Beating Heart of the Church, Baptism Penance and the Eucharist, Blocks and Strings and Spiders Webs, People of God and Body of Christ.
The conclusion covers The Church and the World. Complementary Critique, and Catholicity. For further reading there is an exhaustive bibliography for both theologians and a general one which is very, very helpful.
This book is so needed in this age of often-misguided ecumenism, which often neglects the meaning and role of the Eucharist as the Heart of the Church's life. Please look at Zizioulas' other books, especially "Being as Communion". I have a few lists, too, which have great books on the subject of east/west relations in Christianity. Let me know if you have any suggestions for books, please!