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The Feast of the World's Redemption - Eucharistic Origins and Christian Mission (Paperback)
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The Feast of the World's Redemption - Eucharistic Origins and Christian Mission (Paperback)
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Against some recent publications on the historical Jesus, this book
argues that there was indeed an intentional last supper at which
Jesus, with a messianic consciousness, fully enlisted his followers
in his redemptive mission. In support of his argument, Professor
Koenig examines the continuity between the last supper and the
earliest church s meal practices, especially as these helped to
disclose, define, and fuel outreach activities. Turning to the
Pauline churches, he points out that meals did not include everyone
in the eating and drinking and were understood as apocalyptic holy
space, replete with charismatic phenomena. Still, in serving to
build up the body of Christ, these meals also promoted missionary
expansion. A number of passages not usually taken to be
eucharistic, such as Romans 12 and 2 Corinthians 8-9, are then
explored, showing that good cases can be made for seeing them as
allusions to ritual meals and noting that many of these passages
also exhibit missionary concerns. Finally, Professor Koenig links
the results of his study to contemporary church life, arguing that
eucharistic presence denotes all of the persons of the Trinity, the
kingdom, and ourselves in a unique interplay that strengthens our
vocation within God s redeeming plan. John T. Koenig is Sub-Dean
for Academic Affairs and Professor of New Testament at the General
Theological Seminary, New York. His is the author of Rediscovering
New Testament Prayer: Boldness and Blessing in the Name of Jesus
(Morehouse). For: New Testament and liturgical scholars and
students, clergy and eucharistic ministers, missiologists, general
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