Form and Matter of the Eucharist in the Church of the East

Form and Matter of the Eucharist in the Church of the EastOrientalia Christiana PeriodicaSyriaca.org: The Syriac Reference PortalThe National Endowment for the HumanitiesThe International Balzan Prize FoundationDavid A. Michelsoncbsc_adminRecord added to Zotero bycbsc_adminSyriaca.org: The Syriac Reference Portalhttp://syriaca.org/cbss/JQKSIBLK/tei

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CREATED: This bibl record was autogenerated from a Zotero record.John F.RomanoForm and Matter of the Eucharist in the Church of the Easthttp://syriaca.org/cbss/JQKSIBLKhttps://www.zotero.org/groups/a_comprehensive_bibliography_on_syriac_studies/items/JQKSIBLKhttps://www.zotero.org/groups/4861694/items/JQKSIBLKOrientalia Christiana Periodica88:22022393-424This article discusses the thought of two intellectuals of the mid-thirteenth and early-fourteenth century, the Roman Catholic Riccoldo da Monte Croce and the member of the Church of the East Abdíshô bar Bríkhâ. The focus is on their incorporation of the Aristotelian concepts of form and matter into an analysis of the Eucharist, which exposes broader theological differences between the two churches. Riccoldo drew on these concepts to criticize the Church of the East and to justify missionary efforts to it. Abdíshô cautiously experimented with incorporating these ideas, although he was constrained by his church’s established patterns of worship. Both men grappled with the absence of words of consecration in the Anaphora of Mar Addai and Mari. The implications of their positions for joint participation in liturgy between adherents of these churches are considered. Romano, John F. “Form and Matter of the Eucharist in the Church of the East.” Orientalia Christiana Periodica 88:2 (2022): 393–424. John F. Romano, Form and Matter of the Eucharist in the Church of the East, Orientalia Christiana Periodica 88:2 (2022): 393–424.