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The Cross and the Eucharist in Early ChristianityA Theological and Liturgical Investigation\nAuthor(s): Daniel Card\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Cambridge University Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: Cambridge University Press\nISBN-13: 9781108483230, 978-1108483230\nSynopsis\nThe Cross was present at the Eucharist in early Christianity as an idea, a gesture, and an object. Over time,these different actualizations of the quintessential symbol of Christianityhave generated important questions about their meaning and function, among them: is the Eucharist a meal and/or a sacrifice? Can the sign of the Cross illuminate the absence of a Roman epiclesis? Is it pertinent -historically and theologically - to use an altar Cross? In this study, Daniel Card explores the relation between the Cross and the Eucharist. Offeringathorough and fresh reading of patristic and Roman liturgical texts, he identifies their emphases and common themes on the Cross and the Eucharist, and demonstrates their sig.