With the apparent aim of ensuring that St Thomas is seen to offer something «deeper» or more distinctively Catholic, he downplays the importance of signification and suggests instead that: «For St Thomas
the sacrificial aspect of the Eucharist... largely depends upon the [Real] Presence».
My aim will be to show that, on the contrary, according to the Summa, the specifically
sacrificial aspect depends on the ritual actions, the things done, and not on the Real Presence, the thing offered.
Some have neglected
the sacrificial aspect to emphasise a human conviviality surrounding the Eucharist, a kind of selfcelebration of the liturgical assembly.
He fulfilled
the Sacrificial aspect of the Law, which was always merely a type and shadow of His sacrifice, but His Law of Love, and the Law of Moses are still, and will always be, the same!
Not exact matches
(The second
aspect of Christ the Truth was treated by Niebuhr under the heading of «the second Adam» — a disclosure of
sacrificial love as the perfect form for human nature.)
But our use of the words «
sacrificial death» brings before us a further
aspect of the action.
They'll stoke
sacrificial fire to a blaze by challenging some of our most precious identities and longstanding behaviors, which might make the first
aspect of this lunar cycle feel destabilizing and chaotic.