This is my body :the presence of Christ in Reformation thought /Thomas J. Davis.
Description
Introduction -- "His completely trustworthy testament" : the development of Luther's early eucharistic teaching, 1517-1521 -- "The truth of the divine words" : Luther's sermons on the Eucharist, 1521-1528, and the structure of eucharistic meaning -- "An intermediate brilliance" : the words of institution and the gift of knowledge in Calvin's eucharistic theology -- Not "hidden and far off" : the bodily aspect of salvation and its implications -- For understanding the body in Calvin's theology -- Preaching and presence : constructing Calvin's homiletic legacy -- Reflections on a mirror : Calvin's preaching on preaching (Deuteronomy 5) -- "He is outwith the world ... that he may fill all things" : Calvin's exegesis of the ascension and its relation to the Eucharist -- The communication of efficacy : Calvin's 1 Corinthians commentary and the development of the institutes -- Discerning the body : the Eucharist and the Christian social body in sixteenth-century Protestant exegesis -- Hardened hearts, hardened words : Calvin, Beza, and the trajectory of signification.
203 p. :ill. ;23 cm.
Book Details
Author
Davis, Thomas J.
Place Published
City
Grand Rapids, Mich.
Date Published
circa 2008
Publication Subjects
Lord's Supper--Real presence.
Jesus Christ--Presence.
Call No.
BV823 .D38 2008
ISBN
9780801032455 (pbk.), 0801032458 (pbk.)
LCCN
2008002964
Notes
Bibliography Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.