From the bestselling author of The Lamb\'s Supper and Signs of Life comes an illuminating work that unlocks the many mysteries of the Catholic sacrament of the Eucharist.
It brings us a powerful and welcome guide as we take our place in the great and challenging work in sharing the Good News..
Consuming the Word continues in that illustrious tradition.
Hahn knows that he brings profound personal insight to his demonstrated theological expertise, writes Cardinal Donald Wuerl in the foreword to the book.
Anyone acquainted with the rich body of writing that flows so inspiringly from the hand and heart of Dr.
Moreover, at a time when the Church is embarking on a New Evangelization he draws lessons for Christians today to help solidify their understanding of the why it is Catholics do what Catholics do.
Scott Hahn undertakes an examination of some of Christianity\'s most basic terms to discover what they meant to the sacred authors, the apostolic preachers, and their first hearers.
In Consuming the Word: The New Testament and the Eucharist in the Early Church, Dr.
This simple and demonstrable historical fact has enormous implications for the way we read the Bible.
Christians later extended the phrase to cover the books produced by the apostles and their companions; but they did so because these were the books that could be read at Mass.
It was the New Covenant, the New Testament, in his blood.
Jesus called the Eucharist by the name Christians subsequently gave to the latter books of the Holy Bible.
Long before the New Testament was a document, it was a sacrament.
From the bestselling author of The Lamb\'s Supper and Signs of Life comes an illuminating work that unlocks the many mysteries of the Catholic sacrament of the Eucharist.
From the bestselling author of The Lamb\'s Supper and Signs of Life comes an illuminating work that unlocks the many mysteries of the Catholic sacrament of the Eucharist
