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The Christological Remnants Within Eucharistic Prayers, Nathan Peter Chase
The Christological Remnants Within Eucharistic Prayers, Nathan Peter Chase
School of Theology and Seminary Graduate Papers/Theses
This paper explores the development of Christology in the early Church concluding with a look at Angel Christology in the Roman Canon and Logos Christology in The Prayers of Sarapion of Thmuis. A lack of Christological precision in early Christian praying has anachronistically led modern scholars to question the orthodoxy of early prayers. This paper argues that just as liturgical scholars have long realized that the development of liturgy moved from diversity to uniformity, so too this is the case with theology. The movement to tighten the borders of orthodoxy has led to liturgical standardization. Just as the dating of …
The Development Of The Epiclesis: Alexandrian Or Syrian?, Nathan Peter Chase
The Development Of The Epiclesis: Alexandrian Or Syrian?, Nathan Peter Chase
School of Theology and Seminary Graduate Papers/Theses
This paper explores the origins and development of the epiclesis in Eucharistic prayers. It begins by looking at the pneumatological developments around the time of the First Council of Nicaea and the First Council of Constantinople in the 4th century. It then turns to the work of influential scholars in the field to try and present a status quaestionis on the epiclesis which seeks to answer the questions: 1) How did it develop?, 2) Where did it develop?, and 3) Why did it develop? The paper ends by affirming the uncertainty of scholarship on the answers to these questions, while …
A History And Analysis Of The Missel Romain Pour Les Diocese Du Zaire, Nathan Peter Chase
A History And Analysis Of The Missel Romain Pour Les Diocese Du Zaire, Nathan Peter Chase
School of Theology and Seminary Graduate Papers/Theses
This paper is an in-depth study of the Zaire Rite, which was developed after the Second Vatican Council in response to the call for greater inculturation. It explores the context in Rome, Africa, and the Congo that allowed such a radical revision of the Roman Rite to be approved. This paper looks at the structural changes that were made and the reasons for those changes while also exploring the differences in celebration between the Zaire Rite and the Roman Rite. The paper concludes with the implications of this rite for the Roman Rite and the Church today.