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2019 by Brett Salkeld
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Scripture quotations are from the New Revised Standard Version of the Bible, copyright 1989 National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
Quotations from Benedict XVI, The Problem of Transubstantiation and the Question about the Meaning of the Eucharist, in Collected Works of Joseph Ratzinger , edited by Michael J. Miller, translated by John Saward, Kenneth Baker, Henry Taylor, et al., 11:21842, are 2013 Ignatius Press. Used with permission.
Quotations from John Calvin, Institutes 4.17, The Sacred Supper of Christ, and What It Brings to Us, in Institutes of the Christian Religion , edited by John T. McNeill, translated by Ford Lewis Battles, are 1960 Westminster Press. Used with permission.
Quotations from Martin Luther, The Babylonian Captivity of the Church , in Luthers Works 36:3126, translated by A. T. W Steinhuser and revised by Frederick C. Ahrens and Abdel Ross Wentz, are 1959 Fortress Press. Used with permission.
Quotations from Thomas Aquinas, Summa Theologiae , vol. 58, The Eucharistic Presence (3a. 7378) , edited and translated by William Barden, OP, The Dominican Council as Trustee for the English Province of the Order of Preachers 1965, published by Cambridge University Press, reproduced with permission.
Dedication
To the memory of Margaret OGara,
beloved Doktormutter , mentor, and friend.
Requiescat in pace
Contents
Cover
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication
Foreword by Michael Root
Preface
Abbreviations
1. Introduction: Transubstantiation in Dispute and Dialogue
Rejection of Transubstantiation
Agreement on Transubstantiation?
The Marginalization of Transubstantiation
Confusion about Transubstantiation
The Corruption of Transubstantiation
2. Transubstantiation in the Catholic Tradition
Origins of Transubstantiation
Transubstantiation and Real Presence
Transubstantiation and Aristotle
Transubstantiation in the Summa Theologiae
Quid Sumit Mus? and Transignification: Two Test Cases for Understanding
3. Martin Luther
Real Presence without Transubstantiation
Luther and the Swiss
Replacing Transubstantiation
Signs, Signification, and the Persistence of Bread and Wine
The Incarnational Pattern and the Persistence of the Bread and Wine
A Surprising Trend
Sign and Reality
Zwinglian or Thomist?
Ascension and Real Presence
The Holy Spirit
An Obstacle and a Way Forward
Conclusion
Bibliography
Author Index