Translating Transubstantiation: The Grammatical Thomists and the Aristotelian Categories in Aquinas' Eucharistic Theology
This article details interpretations of Aquinas’ eucharistic theology by Herbert McCabe, Denys Turner, and Brian Davies. It examines the way in which they re-present transubstantiation as transignification (McCabe), minimise the term 'transubstantiation' (Turner), or downplay the role of A...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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Peeters
2023
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Ephemerides theologicae Lovanienses
Year: 2023, Volume: 99, Issue: 1, Pages: 57-77 |
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Thomas Aquinas 1225-1274
/ Transsubstantiation
/ Aristotelism
/ McCabe, Herbert 1926-2001
/ Turner, Denys 1942-
/ Davies, Brian 1951-
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RelBib Classification: | KAE Church history 900-1300; high Middle Ages KAJ Church history 1914-; recent history NBP Sacramentology; sacraments TB Antiquity VA Philosophy |
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Summary: | This article details interpretations of Aquinas’ eucharistic theology by Herbert McCabe, Denys Turner, and Brian Davies. It examines the way in which they re-present transubstantiation as transignification (McCabe), minimise the term 'transubstantiation' (Turner), or downplay the role of Aristotelian metaphysics (Davies). I argue that such readings maintain the eucharistic presence of Christ but cannot articulate the ways Christ is absent. Because transubstantiation involves only a substantial change, it denies any accidental change. This denial is the real explanatory power of the Aristotelian metaphysics in understanding transubstantiation. |
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ISSN: | 1783-1423 |
Contains: | Enthalten in: Ephemerides theologicae Lovanienses
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.2143/ETL.99.1.3291437 |