A Companion to Anglican Eucharistic Theology : Volume 1: The Reformation to the 19th Century

Anglican eucharistic theology varies between the different philosophical assumptions of realism and nominalism. Whereas realism links the signs of the Eucharist with what they signify in a real way, nominalism sees these signs as reminders only of past and completed transaction. This book begins by discussing the multifomity of the philosophical assumptions underlying Anglican eucharistic theology and goes on to present extensive case study material which exemplify these different assumptions from the Reformation to the Nineteenth century. By examining the multiformity of philosophical assumptions this book avoids the hermeneutic idealism of particular church parties and looks instead at the Anglican eucharistic tradition in a more critical manner. A Companion toAnglican EucharisticTheology 2 Contents 4 PART 1: INTRODUCTION 9 1. Anglican Eucharistic Theology? 10 Is There an Anglican Eucharistic Theology? 10 The Integrity of Discourse in the Anglican Eucharistic Tradition 23 Realism and Nominalism and the Anglican Eucharistic Tradition 27 The Problem of Universals 32 Realism and Nominalism Again 35 States of Affairs 41 States of Affairs and the Eucharist 43 Further Anglican Reflection on Realism 46 Realism and the Scriptures 54 The Question of Truth 58 A Theoretical Model of the Anglican Eucharistic Tradition 62 Moderate Realism 62 Immoderate Realism 64 Moderate Nominalism 65 Immoderate Nominalism 66 The Model in the Discourse of the Anglican Eucharistic Tradition 67 PART 2: CASE STUDIES 71 2. The Period of the Reformation 72 Overview 72 Themes 73 The Early Period of the Reformation—Up to 1558 73 Reformed Doctrine 73 Realism and Nominalism 74 The Later Period of the Reformation—1558–1662 78 Transubstantiation and Immoderate Realism Denied 78 Moderate Realism 79 Nominalism 86 Receptionism 86 Manner of Presence Not Closely Defined 87 Sacrifice and the Eucharist 87 The Case Studies 90 Thomas Cranmer 92 The Book of Common Prayer, 1549 and 1552 96 Nicholas Ridley 102 Hugh Latimer 107 Thomas Becon 109 John Bradford 112 Richard Hooker 115 John Hooper 120 Roger Hutchinson 123 John Jewell 126 Alexander Nowell 129 William Perkins 131 Edwin Sandys 134 Edmund Grindal 136 The Black Rubric 138 Lancelot Andrewes 141 Lewis Bayly 148 John Bramhall 150 John Cosin 154 Richard Crakanthorp 162 Ralph Cudworth 165 Richard Field 167 William Forbes 170 John Hales 174 Henry Hammond 176 George Herbert 179 Anthony Horneck 183 Thomas Jackson 185 William Laud 189 Hamon L’Estrange 193 Richard Montague 196 Thomas Morton 197 William Nicholson 201 Scottish Prayer Book of 1637 208 Christopher Sutton 214 Jeremy Taylor 219 The Whole Duty of Man 237 The Articles of Religion concerning the Eucharist 239 The 1559 Book of Common Prayer 252 The 1662 Book of Common Prayer 258 Liturgies Other Than the Book of Common Prayer 263 Catechisms 275 John Overall 292 3. The Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries 295 Overview 295 Themes 297 Realism and Nominalism 297 Moderate Realism 297 Immoderate Realism Specifically Denied 301 Nominalism 302 Eucharistic Sacrifice 302 The Role of the Holy Spirit 306 Reservation 307 Symbols Not Adored 307 Offering at Last Supper and Not at the Cross 307 The Case Studies 308 The Old Week’s Preparation towards a Worthy Receiving of the Lord’s Supper 310 Henry Aldrich 313 William Beveridge 315 Thomas Brett 320 Daniel Brevint 326 George Bull 330 Thomas Comber 334 Thomas Deacon 342 Robert Forbes 346 Benjamin Hoadly 349 John Johnson 352 Thomas Ken 358 William Law 364 Robert Nelson 368 Simon Patrick 369 Thomas Rattray 373 The Scottish Liturgy of 1764 379 Anthony Sparrow 384 The New Week’s Preparation for a Worthy Receiving of the Lord’s Supper 388 The Whole Duty of a Communicant 392 Herbert Thorndike 394 John Tillotson 404 William Wake 406 Daniel Waterland 412 Thomas Wilson 426 Catechism of the 1689 Liturgy of Comprehension 429 Nonjurors Liturgies 431 John and Charles Wesley 440 4. The Nineteenth Century 455 Overview 455 Themes 455 Moderate Realism 455 The Sacramental Principle—A Moderate Realist Notion 461 Worship of Christ in the Eucharist 462 Type of Worship Suggests Realism 463 Immoderate Realism Excluded in Relation to Presence 464 Moderate Realism Regarding Eucharistic Sacrifice 466 The Role of the Spirit in the Eucharist 468 Immoderate Realism Excluded in Relation to Sacrifice 470 Realism Which Appears Immoderate 470 Transubstantiation Denied 471 Nominalism Relating to the Eucharist 472 Increasingly Sophisticated Philosophical Analysis 474 The Case Studies 475 William Bennett 477 Richard Meux Benson 479 William Bright 482 George Arthur Denison 485 Richard W. Enraght 488 Alexander Penrose Forbes 494 George Hay Forbes 501 William Goode 503 Walter Kerr Hamilton 506 Charles Hebert 508 Alexander Jolly 509 John Keble 512 Alexander Knox 521 Henry Parry Liddon 524 Richard Frederick Littledale 527 Frederick Denison Maurice 529 Frederick Meyrick 534 Memorial to the Archbishop of Canterbury, 1867 536 James Bowling Mozley 538 John Mason Neale 545 John Henry Newman 549 Francis Paget 561 William Palmer 564 Henry Phillpotts 568 Edward Bouverie Pusey 571 John Charles Ryle 583 Saepius Officio 588 Vernon Staley 591 Frederick Temple 594 The Tractarians and the Eucharist 596 Thomas Stuart Vogan 611 Robert Isaac Wilberforce 614 PART 3: RAMIFICATIONS 629 5. Dialogue and the Anglican Eucharistic Tradition 630 Overview 630 Dialogue: Towards Critical Interest 631 Habermas and the Theory of Communicative Action 634 Ramifications for the Anglican Eucharistic Tradition 640 Sacramental Theology after Habermas 648 Dialogue—Other Perspectives 653 Dialogue and the Anglican Tradition 657 Index 670 Anglican Eucharistic Theology Varies Between The Different Philosophical Assumptions Of Realism And Nominalism. This Book Presents Case Studies From The Reformation To The Nineteenth Century And Avoids The Hermeneutic Idealism Of Particular Church Parties By Critically Examining The Anglican Eucharistic Tradition. Anglican eucharistic theology varies between the different philosophical assumptions of realism and nominalism. This book presents case studies from the 20th Century to the Present and avoids the hermeneutic idealism of particular church parties by critically examining the Anglican eucharistic tradition.