Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2010.
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viii, 318 p.; 24 cm.
Summary
How can the body and blood of Christ, without ever leaving heaven, come to be really present on eucharistic altars where the bread and wine still seem to be? Marilyn McCord Adams examines how this question and its answer engaged 13th and 14th century philosophical theologians.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 303-306) and index.
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committed to retain
Contents
Aristotelian preliminaries -- pt. 1. Why sacraments? Sacraments : what, why, and wherefore? -- Sacramental causality : "effecting what they figure!" -- pt. 2. The metaphysics and physics of real presence. Explaining the presence, identifying the change -- Duns Scotus on placement problems -- Duns Scotus on two types of transubstantiation -- Remodeling with Ockham Accidents without substance : Aquinas and Giles of Rome -- Independent accidents : Scotus and Ockham -- Theology provoking philosophy -- pt. 3. What sort of union? Eucharistic eating and drinking -- Sacraments, why ceasing?