The Eucharist, a missionary event in a world of suffering
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This article by Father Emmanuel Klapsis, professor at the Holy Cross School of Theology in Brookline, offers a theological study on the relationship between Eucharist and mission in a world marked by suffering and injustice. The author examines the separation between worship and mission in contemporary Christian theology, which he considers harmful, and seeks to demonstrate their fundamental unity. Drawing on Scripture, the prophetic and patristic tradition, as well as contemporary Orthodox theologians, he argues that the Eucharist constitutes a dynamic eschatological event that ontologically transforms the faithful and sends them into the world. The theological contribution of the article lies in the articulation between the vertical dimension of worship and the horizontal dimension of social engagement, with the Eucharist presented as the foundation and horizon of all authentic ecclesial mission, irreducible to any ideology.
This article has not been translated yet — it is available in its French version here.
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