TRS 862C Eucharist and Church
A doctoral seminar to explore and analyse aspects of the relationship between the Eucharist and the Church, with particular attention to eucharistic ecclesiology, i.e. a eucharistic approach to understanding the Church. The scriptural and patristic roots of such an ecclesiology are examined, as well as the major development of this approach to the Church in modern times and its considerable ecumenical importance. Various issues, such as the ability of eucharistic ecclesiology to incorporate an adequate reference to Baptism, the Word, and primacy in the Church, are examined.