Eucharist in Medieval Canon Law

Informationen zum Autor Thomas Izbicki received a doctorate in medieval history at Cornell University (1973). He became an academic librarian in 1986. While serving as a librarian at Wichita State University, Johns Hopkins University and Rutgers University, he pursued research on the medieval Church, including canon law. His publications focus on Pius II, Juan de Torquemada OP, Nicholas of Cusa and the sacraments in canon law. Dr Izbicki's most recent book is Religion, Power, and Resistance from the Eleventh to the Sixteenth Centuries: Playing the Heresy Card, edited with Karen Bollermann and Cary J. Niederman (2014). Zusammenfassung Thomas Izbicki presents a new analysis of the medieval Church's teaching about and the regulation of the practice of the Eucharist. Examining the relationship between the adoration of the sacrament and canon law! Izbicki draws on canon law collections and commentaries! synodal enactments! legal manuals and books about ecclesiastical offices. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction: the sacraments in medieval canon law; 1. The real presence of Christ, the minister and the materials of the sacrament; 2. The form of the sacrament and the elevation of the host; 3. Communion: union with Christ and unity in the sacrament; 4. Custody of the Eucharist and communion of the sick; 5. Corpus Christi and wonder hosts; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.

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• Authors: Dr. Thomas M. Izbicki, Thomas Izbicki, Thomas M. Izbicki, IZBICKI THOMAS M.
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.05.2020
• EAN: 9781107561809
• ISBN: 978-1-107-56180-9
• No. of pages: 288
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Europe, European History, LAW / General, HISTORY / Europe / General, RELIGION / Christianity / History, RELIGION / Christianity / General, RELIGION / Christian Church / Canon & Ecclesiastical Law, RELIGION / Christian Rituals & Practice / General, Christianity, History of Religion, c 1000 CE to c 1500, Church history, Christian worship, rites & ceremonies, Worship, rites, ceremonies and rituals, Ecclesiastical (canon) law, Systems of law: ecclesiastical (canon) law