The Mystical Body Falling Apart?
Gerard Rouwhorst
This article deals with some important changes that occurred in the ritual of Eucharist and its theological interpretation between Late Antiquity twelfth thirteenth centuries. These had been studied especially by Henri de Lubac his book Corpus Mysticum . It is quite common – among liturgical historians to present these processes a purely negatively light interpret them terms decline disintegration, particular emphasizing purported loss communal, ecclesial character Eucharist. view has criticized persuasively other (Gary Macy; Eamon Duffy). While taking this criticism seriously, an attempt made sketch differentiated picture developments. Making use mediaeval commentaries have received relatively little attention research, it argued developments are illustrative which, according Philip Sheldrake, profoundly affected approach spiritual life eleventh centuries attest remarkable reconfiguration relations liturgy, theology spirituality.
Religion and Theology