Chapter One: Biblical Aspects of the EucharistChapter Two: The Eucharist and The Kingdom of GodChapter Three: Symbolism and Realism in Orthodox WorshipChapter Four: The Ecclesiological Presuppositions of the Holy EucharistChapter Five: Reflections on Baptism, Confirmation and EucharistChapter Six:: The Eucharistic Vision of the WorldChapter Seven: Proprietors or Priests of Creation?Chapter Eight: Preserving God's Creation
A collection of writings on the Eucharist by one of the most important theological thinkers of our time.
John D. Zizioulas, Metropolitan of Pergamon, was previously Professor of Systematic Theology at the University of Glasgow and Visiting Professor at King's College, London. He is the author of Communion and Otherness (2006), and has been a major Orthodox contributor to modern ecumenical discussion. Luke Ben Tallon is Lecturer in Systematic Theology at Codrington College, Barbados
‘The new book by the Metropolitan John Zizioulas offers a
passionate and extremely accessible study on the meaning of the
Holy Communion: its biblical foundations and its role in
manifesting the Kingdom of Heaven. Few works have been able to
underline so emphatically the importance of the Eucharist in
understanding the Church, and of its mysterious nature and its
dynamic relationship with the world. In its development of the
cosmic dimension of the Eucharist, this book seems to be very
current. It shows that the Eucharist implies a veritable ethos in
how we relate to the environment, man being not a master, but on
the contrary a "priest", called to offer reverently to God all of
creation. In the context of the major ecological crisis bearing
down upon the world today, this book makes a decisive contribution
to Christians and beyond.' - M. Michel Stavrou, Institut de
Théologie Orthodoxe Saint-Serge, France.
*M. Michel Stavrou*
‘The writings of Orthodox Metropolitan John Zizioulas on the
Eucharist belong with the work of a number of theologians from
various traditions who, over the past half-century, have been
moving towards a convergent doctrine of the sacrament. Particularly
gratifying is our author's emphasis on the ecclesiological,
eschatological and cosmic dimensions of the celebration. It is to
be hoped that the cumulative effect will be to bring the divided
churches from what Zizioulas calls their mutual post-baptismal
excommunication towards a "gathering in one place" when they may
enact their ecclesial reunion in a common Eucharist.' - Geoffrey
Wainwright, Duke Divinity School, USA.
*Geoffrey Wainwright*
‘Metropolitan John Zizioulas is unequivocally the most ecumenically
influential Orthodox theologian since the revival of the Orthodox
intellectual tradition in nineteenth-century Russia. This
collection of Zizioulas's most important (and not easily
accessible) essays on the Eucharist is absolutely necessary for a
fuller understanding of the eucharistic logic of Zizioulas's
"system." Luke Ben Tallon is to be commended for providing a
resource that demonstrates how Zizioulas's trinitarian theology,
relational ontology and theology of personhood are ultimately
grounded in a eucharistic experience and vision of the world; thus,
dispelling misinterpretations of Zizioulas as promoting either
social trinitarianism, an episcopo-centric ecclesiology, a
denigration of nature, or an ethic that lacks practical import.
This book amplifies how being as communion is a eucharistic mode of
existence in the world.' - Aristotle Papanikolaou, Fordham
University, USA.
*Aristotle Papanikolaou*
... Luke Ben Tallon, who has translated two of the eight chapters
and written a helpful introduction, should be congratulated for
editing such an engaging volume.
*Theological Book Review, Volume 23, No.2*
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