Did the early Eucharist ever have a sevenfold shape?
Ever since the publication of Gregory Dix’s The Shape of the Liturgy in 1945, it has been commonly assumed that the pattern of the Last Supper (bread ritual–meal–cup ritual) constituted the model which was adopted for the shape of the first-century Christian eucharist, and that this was later modifi...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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2002
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Heythrop journal
Year: 2002, Volume: 43, Issue: 1, Pages: 73-76 |
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| Summary: | Ever since the publication of Gregory Dix’s The Shape of the Liturgy in 1945, it has been commonly assumed that the pattern of the Last Supper (bread ritual–meal–cup ritual) constituted the model which was adopted for the shape of the first-century Christian eucharist, and that this was later modified when the meal eventually disappeared. This article questions that assumption and suggests an alternative hypothesis. |
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| ISSN: | 1468-2265 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Heythrop journal
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1111/1468-2265.00183 |