Eucharistic Theology

(3 Credit Hours) · Undergraduate

This course studies the central sacrament of the Christian rite: the Eucharist. Taught primarily from within a Roman Catholic perspective, the course traces the historical evolution of the Eucharistic liturgy while focusing upon theological attempts to understand the nature and mystery of the Eucharist. Specific topics to be addressed include: Jewish roots of the Eucharist; New Testament accounts of the Eucharist; patristic reflection/mystagogia on the Eucharist; Eucharistic prayers; sacrifice; real presence and transubstantiation; Eucharistic adoration; ecclesial questions about the Eucharist; and, Eucharist and eschatology.