Ouch.
"But larded throughout these insights are others that show that Wills is still trapped inside his incoherent theology, which seems to be animated by a basically elitist crypto-Anglican sensibility. This becomes especially glaring, indeed annoying, when he pits Jesus against Pope Benedict XVI. For despite his defense of the Atonement, Wills actively dissents from Catholic teaching on the sacrificial character of the Eucharist, which he sees only as an anticipatory meal of the Messianic banquet in heaven."
From a review of Gary Wills' What Jesus Meant, by Edward T. Oakes, S.J. in First Things.
To lend credence to the it's-only-a-meal charge, comes this afternoon an announcement for Lenten services at St. Luke's Community House, a Diocese of Tennessee-affiliated ministry that does wonderful work among low-income Nashvillians:
Served?"Local Episcopal churches have joined together with St. Luke’s for this worship series. The services will be held each Tuesday during Lent at 7:30am in the St. Luke’s Mural Room. Each week, a clergy member from a local parish will deliver a reflective homily and the Eucharist will be served."
posted by PSA+ at 17:53
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I guess, then, logically, if I've had to skip breakfast on Sunday morning, it would be okay to ask the priest for a couple of extra wafers and a second helping of wine? After all, he's my server at the anticipatory banquet meal. Or I could lean over to my wife: "Are you going to eat all that?"
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