Academic Reading
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Jasper, R.C.D. & Cuming, G.J. (1990). "Chapter 19: Ambrose: On the Sacraments." (pp. 143-146). In Prayers of the Eucharist: Early and Reformed. 3rd Edition, Revised and Enlarged. Collegeville, MN: The Liturgical Press. (Personal Library)
Jasper and Cuming observe that in Rome, we have no specific information about eucharistic prayer from the time of Hippolytus until the late fourth century (Jasper & Cuming 1990, p. 143). Even at that time, information is fragmentary. Sacramentaries from the eighth century show similarities in structure but no rite identical to a Roman "standard" in the non-Roman West.
Despite this scanty information, Jasper and Cuming put forth the Milanese usage of the late fourth century, gleaned from quotations in Ambrose's work, De Sacramentis. (Jasper & Cuming 1990, p. 143). The work is probably a scribal transcript of catechetical sermons of Ambrose between 374 and 397. Jasper and Cuming point out that this is not the rite in use in Rome and is not the same as the one still used in Milan, called the Ambrosian rite.
The rite gleaned from the sermons does refer to the "figura" of the body and the blood (Jasper & Cuming 1990, p. 143). In some way, as is common in philosophical language of the time, the figura is a form of reality. In this anaphora, God's word changing things is at work. The institution narrative and Pauline comment "until I come again" (1 Cor. 11:26) are present.
After a brief bibliography (Jasper & Cuming 1990, p. 144), Jasper and Cuming provide an English translation of the eucharistic material.
2/26/26
Jasper, R.C.D. & Cuming, G.J. (1990). "Chapter 19: Ambrose: On the Sacraments." (pp. 143-146). In Prayers of the Eucharist: Early and Reformed. 3rd Edition, Revised and Enlarged. Collegeville, MN: The Liturgical Press. (Personal Library)
Jasper and Cuming observe that in Rome, we have no specific information about eucharistic prayer from the time of Hippolytus until the late fourth century (Jasper & Cuming 1990, p. 143). Even at that time, information is fragmentary. Sacramentaries from the eighth century show similarities in structure but no rite identical to a Roman "standard" in the non-Roman West.
Despite this scanty information, Jasper and Cuming put forth the Milanese usage of the late fourth century, gleaned from quotations in Ambrose's work, De Sacramentis. (Jasper & Cuming 1990, p. 143). The work is probably a scribal transcript of catechetical sermons of Ambrose between 374 and 397. Jasper and Cuming point out that this is not the rite in use in Rome and is not the same as the one still used in Milan, called the Ambrosian rite.
The rite gleaned from the sermons does refer to the "figura" of the body and the blood (Jasper & Cuming 1990, p. 143). In some way, as is common in philosophical language of the time, the figura is a form of reality. In this anaphora, God's word changing things is at work. The institution narrative and Pauline comment "until I come again" (1 Cor. 11:26) are present.
After a brief bibliography (Jasper & Cuming 1990, p. 144), Jasper and Cuming provide an English translation of the eucharistic material.
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