Eucharist

Articles Found Online

**Note: I don't necessarily agree with every claim or point made by each of these authors.

• Communion In The Early Church, (Sandra S. Silver, Early Church History).
• Is Pope Gelasius a Calvinist regarding Transubstantiation?, (Fr. Christiaan Kappes, Patristic Pillars).
• Transubstantiation, a Popish invention?, (Fr. Christiaan Kappes, Patristic Pillars).
• Transubstantiation: Maybe Dositheos Got It Right, (Fr. Christiaan Kappes, Eclectic Orthodoxy).
• Transubstantiation: What Catholicism Teaches About the Supper, (Reid Karr, desiring God).
• The Church Fathers on Transubstantiation, (Tim A. Troutman, Called to Communion).
• The Doctrine of Transubstantiation in the Orthodox Church, (O&H Contributor, Orthodoxy & Heterodoxy).

Recommended Books

**Note: I don't necessarily agree with every claim or point made by each of these authors.

• Armstrong, Dave. Biblical Catholic Eucharistic Theology. Dave Armstrong, 2002.
• Bouyer, Louis. Eucharist: Theology & Spirituality of the Eucharistic Prayer. University of Notre Dame Press, 1968.
• Clark, Francis. Eucharistic Sacrifice and the Reformation. Basil Blackwell, 1967.
• Guardini, Romano. The Catholic Church and the Spirit of the Liturgy. Sheed & Ward, 1940.
• Hahn, Scott. The Lamb's Supper: The Mass as Heaven on Earth. Image, 1999.
• Hoping, Helmut. My Body Given for You: History and Theology of the Eucharist. Ignatius Press, 2019.
• Kappes, Christiaan, & Abrecht, William. The Secret History of Transubstantiation: Pulling Back the Veil On The Eucharist. Patristic Pillars Press, 2021.
• Kreeft, Peter. Symbol or Substance?: A Dialogue on the Eucharist with C. S. Lewis, Billy Graham and J. R. R. Tolkien. Ignatius Press, 2019.
• Masure, Eugene. The Sacrifice of the Mystical Body. Burns & Oates, 1954.
• O'Connor, James T. The Hidden Manna: A Theology of the Eucharist. Ignatius Press, 1989.
• Pitre, Brant. Jesus and the Jewish Roots of the Eucharist: Unlocking the Secrets of the Last Supper. Doubleday, 2011.
• Ratzinger, Joseph. God Is Near Us: The Eucharist, the Heart of Life. Ignatius Press, 2003.
• Shea, Mark. This Is My Body: An Evangelical Discovers The Real Presence. Christendom Press, 1993.
• Sungenis, Robert. Not by Bread Alone: The Biblical and Historical Evidence for the Eucharistic Sacrifice of the Catholic Mass. Queenship Publishing Company, 2000.
• Vonier, Anscar. A Key to the Doctrine of the Eucharist. Zaccheus Press, 2003.

YouTube Debates & Discussions

Augustine Institute

• What Do the Scriptures Point To? Eucharist Fulfills Old Testament, 16 September 2013.
• What Is Transubstantiation & its History? Catholic Belief of the True Presence Explained, 19 March 2021.
• Where Is the Eucharist in the Bible?, 22 October 2020.

Misc.

• A Study of the Gospel of Saint John Chapter 6 According to the Syriac with Dr. Michael Wingert, 30 May 2024.
• Dr. Brant Pitre, Jesus & the Jewish Roots of the Eucharist, 6 February 2013.
• Melchizedek and the Last Supper Introduction, 23 August 2023.
• Study on The Eucharist Episode 7: Bread of Life Discourse with Dr. Brant Pitre, 22 April, 2021.
• The Eucharist, 10 June 2020.

Patristic Pillars

• Did Augustine Believe In Christ's Flesh & Blood, 23 December 2022.
• Justin Martyr on the Eucharist, 5 April 2012.
• Refuting Mike Winger On Transubstantiation, 17 August 2021.
• The Assyrian Church of the East, Nestorius, & the Eucharist, 1 July 2022.
• The Holy Eucharist in Scripture & Church History, 24 November 2021.