Contents
Foreword by Bruce D. Marshall
Translator’s Preface
Author’s Preface to the Third Edition
Author’s Preface to the First Edition
Abbreviations
Introduction
Part A. Systematic Reconstruction: The Eucharistic Theology of the Summa theologiae
1. Preliminaries
2. "Hoc est corpus meum": The Transformation of the Gifts
3. "Quod pro vobis tradetur": The Passion of Christ and Its Representative Realization in the Celebration of the Eucharist
Part B. The Poetic Distillation of Eucharistic Theology in the Hymns
4. Preliminaries
5. The Mystery of Eucharistic Conversion: The Hymn Pange lingua gloriosi
6. A Poetic Theology of Gift: The Hymns Sacris solemniis and Verbum supernum
7. Commemoration—Making-Present—Expectation: The Sequence Lauda Sion
8. Hidden Presence and Contemplative Adoration: The Hymn Adoro te devote
9. Summary: The Poetic Distillation of Eucharistic Theology in the Hymns
Part C. Eucharistic Passages
10. An Interim Reflection: Epochal Forms of Eucharistic Theology
11. The Self-Gift of Jesus Christ in the Signs of Bread and Wine
12. Eucharistic Passages
Bibliography
Index