This Is My Body: Luther's Contention for the Real Presence in the Sacrament of the Altar

By Hermann Sasse

Book Overview

This book explores Luther's contention of the real presence of Christ in the Sacrament of Communion. Sasse documents the medieval origin of the Eucharistic Dogma, Luther's interpretation of Scripture... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0859100340
• ISBN13: 9780859100342
• Release Date: April 2003
• Publisher: Concordia Publishing House
• Length: 381 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.0" x 0.8" x 5.3"

Customer Reviews

Very complete, very detailed

Anyone with an interest in the Lord's Supper or Eucharist should buy and read this. There is a lot of history. Much of the book is spent with blow-by-blow notes on the Marburg Colloquy (debate between Luther and Zwingli on the Lord's Supper) from a couple of perspectives. An explanation of close communion that surpasses all others is to be found in this book (For Luther, it is the Gospel we eat, but for the Reformed an ordinance we observe. That mixes Gospel and Law as if grace is not the means of salvation, but works are.) It is not a fast read, but is worth the time. There is nothing like it.