Albert the Great wrote On the Body of the Lord in the 1270s, making
it his final work of sacramental theology. A companion volume to
his commentary on the Mass, On the Body of the Lord is a
comprehensive discussion of Eucharistic theology. The treatise is
structured around six names for the Eucharist taken from the Mass:
grace, gift, food, communion, sacrifice, and sacrament. It emerges
from the liturgy and is intended to draw the reader back to
worship. The overall movement of the treatise follows the order of
God's wisdom. Albert begins by discussing the Eucharist as a gift
flowing from the goodness of the Trinity. He touches on its
relation to redemption and the Church, including a rigorous
Aristotelian analysis of Eucharistic change and presence before
ending with a discussion of Mass rubrics. The most significant
theological emphasis is on the Eucharist as food given to feed the
people of God. The style varies to suit the content: certain
sections are terse; others are devotional, allowing the reader to
enter the saint's own prayer. Perhaps most characteristically
Albertine is an extended meditation that compares the process of
digestion to the incorporation of the Christian into the Body of
Christ. The mixed style allows this work to integrate rigorous
aspects of scholastic thought with a fervent love for God, making
On the Body of the Lord one of Albert's most human as well as one
of his most beautiful works. On the Body of the Lord was well
received, particularly in areas that came to be influenced by the
devotio moderna. By 1484, three separate Latin editions had been
printed, two of which were the inaugural works on new presses. In
the following century the Protestant Reformation brought an end to
its popularity. On the Body of the Lord is here translated into
English for the first time.
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