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    Sacrifice and salvation in Echtgus Úa Cúanáin’s poetic treatise on the Eucharist


    Boyle, Elizabeth (2013) Sacrifice and salvation in Echtgus Úa Cúanáin’s poetic treatise on the Eucharist. In: Envisioning Christ on the Cross: Ireland and the Early Medieval West. Four Courts, Dublin, pp. 181-194. ISBN 9781846823879

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    Abstract

    This essay discusses the use of the Passion narrative in Echtgus Úa Cúanáin's Middle Irish poetic treatise on Eucharistic doctrine, arguing that Echtgus chose to emphasise the role of Christ as priest, and enactor of the first Eucharistic feast at the Last Supper, rather than focusing on Christ's sacrifice on the cross. Connections with Lanfranc's letter on Eucharistic doctrine and the Eucharistic controversy depicted in Bernard of Clairvaux's Life of Malachy are also explored, as is Echtgus's use of Paschasius Radbertus, De corpore et sanguine Domini.
    Item Type: Book Section
    Keywords: Sacrifice; salvation; Echtgus Úa Cúanáin; poetic treatise; Eucharist;
    Academic Unit: Faculty of Arts,Celtic Studies and Philosophy > School of Celtic Studies > Early Irish (Sean Ghaeilge)
    Item ID: 5580
    Depositing User: Elizabeth Boyle
    Date Deposited: 03 Dec 2014 16:18
    Publisher: Four Courts
    Refereed: Yes
    URI: https://mural.maynoothuniversity.ie/id/eprint/5580
    Use Licence: This item is available under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike Licence (CC BY-NC-SA). Details of this licence are available here

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