Christian Initiation II: Eucharist

Teacher(s)

Chevalier Catherine ;

Language

Français

Main themes

The objectives are to study the sacraments of Christian initiation (entrance into the covenant) - baptism, confirmation, Eucharist - and to give an account of the sacraments that "make" the Christian and build the Church.

Aims

By the end of the course, the student should be able to: - use the major sources and tools regarding the Eucharist; - set these sacraments in a theological context within the initiation to the Christian and church life and within the construction of the Church as the Body of Christ.

The contribution of this Teaching Unit to the development and command of the skills and learning outcomes of the programme(s) can be accessed at the end of this sheet, in the section entitled “Programmes/courses offering this Teaching Unit”.

Evaluation methods

Students will be assessed on the basis of three exercises:

-        An observation report of an Eucharistic celebration

-        In-depth reflection on a issue linked to the Eucharist

-        An exam on the whole course based on questions given in advance

Teaching methods

The course will consist in lectures, personal work on biblical and historical texts as well as on contemporary liturgical documents to develop students' analytical skills and their liturgical and theological sensitivity.  Students will also have to observe a celebration of the Eucharist which will be discussed in a class session.

Content

2016-2017

The Eucharist has a unique and central position among the seven sacraments, as 'source and summit' of Christian life (Lumen Gentium nr 11). The course will unfold in three stages

The first step will look into the roots of the Eucharist in the old Covenant, the life of Christ and the early Church. The second step, a historical one will study the evolution throughout history of the comprehension of the Eucharist, starting from the patristic times until the rediscoveries by the liturgical movement. The third theological stage will approach the Eucharist successively as a meal, a sacrifice and a memorial; it will also be studied in its relation with the Church, with ethics and with the spiritual experience. Issues of ecumenism will also be considered. All along this course, attention will be given to the pastoral and catechetical challenges of the practice of the Eucharist in our contemporary environment

Bibliography

Bezançon Jean-Noël, La messe de tout le monde : sans secret, ni sacré, ni ségrégation, Paris, 2009.

Eucharistia. Encyclopédie de l'Eucharistie.Sous la direction de Maurice Brouard, Paris, 2002.

Join-Lambert Arnaud, Guide pour comprendre la messe, Paris, 2002.

Prophète René, Mémoire, sacrifice, présence réelle. Langages eucharistiques, Lyon, 2000.

Salamolard Michel, L'eucharistie où tout est changé : dire la présence réelle aujourd'hui, Paris,2013.

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