TY - BOOK AU - Stevenson,Kenneth W. TI - Eucharist and offering SN - 0916134776 AV - BV 823 .S74 PY - 1986///] CY - New York PB - Pueblo Pub KW - Lord's Supper KW - Sacrifice KW - History N1 - Includes indexes; Bibliography: p. 281-300; Contents; Introduction: What are we looking for; The tunnel: from Bible to early text; Flowering: the east; Greek West Syrian; Egyptian; Maronite and Syrian Jacobite; Armenian; Anamnesis variety and its implications: a suggestion; Literary evidence; Authenticity and pseudonymity; Flowering: the west; Ambrose of Milan, and the Roman canon; The sacramentaries: Hanc Igitur and Super Oblata; Gallican and Mozarabic Traditions; Prayer for the dead: an appended note; Accumulation in the later middle ages; Ordination; Preanaphoral prayers; Western medieval prayers; Theology, drama and peity; Conclusions; The reformation and its aftermath; Luther; Zwingli, Bucer, Calvin, and Knox; Cranmer; The later prayer books; The Westminster directory and the "savoy" liturgy; Anglican interpretation; Anglican experiment; The Wesleys; Roman Catholic theology before and after The Council of Trent; Conclusions; Renewal in the 19th and 20th centuries; Foretaste 1: the Tractarians; Foretaste 2: The Catholic Apostolics; Enrichment; Reform; Postcript; Conclusion; Variety; Shape; Human sciences; Text and context; Future out of the past N2 - In this book, Kenneth Stevenson explores the metaphor of sacrifice that found expression in the prayers and hymnody of the various eastern and western churches. He shows the development of the metaphor through the ages by applying the criteria of story, gift and response ER -