Eucharistic Transformation. Thomas Aquinas’ Adoro Te Devote

Perichoresis: The Theological Journal of Emanuel University

Schoot Henk J. M.¹ 

[1] Associate professor of systematic theology as well as director of the Thomas Instituut te Utrecht at Tilburg University, Netherlands;

关键词: eucharist;    poetry;    thomas aquinas;    systematic theology;    liturgy;   

DOI  :  10.1515/perc-2016-0011

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

Originally the Adoro te devote was not a liturgical hymn but a prayer, probably intended by Thomas Aquinas for personal use when attending mass. Quoting the at present most reliable version of the poem, the author studies Adoro te devote from the angle of transformation: poetic, Eucharistic and mystic or eschatological transformation. Structure and form are analysed, and a number of themes discussed: two alternative interpretations of adoration, several concepts of truth intended in the poem, the good thief and doubting Thomas as symbols of moral and spiritual imperfection, and (present and future) living in connection, in union with God.

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