A Key to the Doctrine of the Eucharist

by Dom Anscar Vonier

Overview

"The first theologian in modern times to discover to our wonder and joy the fully sacramental character of the Mass was, doubtless, that profound and personal thinker, Abbot Vonier." - Fr. W. Barden, O.P.

In his greatest, and most influential masterpiece, Abbot Vonier gives a spiritually and intellectually enriching explanation of the Eucharist based on a careful study of "the great sacramental doctrine of the Church" found in the teachings of St. Thomas Aquinas and the Council of Trent. Vonier writes, "To conceive the sacrifice of Mass as a sacrament is a simple visualization of a great truth which, if it be once grasped by the mind ... makes all the difference between light and fantasy." The great beauty and intellectual clarity of the Church's theology as explained by Vonier reminds the reader over and over that "In theological matters the spark that illumines always comes from under the hoof of strict reasoning."

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780615900353
Publisher:	Assumption Press
Publication date:	10/08/2013
Pages:	224
Sales rank:	873,364
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.47(d)

About the Author

Dom Anscar Vonier, a Benedictine theologian, was born November 11th, 1875 in Ringschnait (Wurttemberg, Germany). In 1893 he entered the Benedictine monastery of Buckfast, Devonshire, England. He became a priest in 1898, and in 1900 went to Rome where he received his doctorate in philosophy. Upon his return to Buckfast he was named Prefect of Studies and Solicitor of the monastery, positions that he carried out until 1905, at which time he returned to Rome to teach philosophy. Nevertheless, in 1906, shortly after his move to Rome, he was named Abbot of Buckfast. He remained director of the monastery until 1938.