A Companion to Anglican Eucharistic Theology

Richard Hooker, John Henry Newman: A Via Media theology of the Eucharist

“…Douglas writes that the outcomes of the English Reformation possess both a consistent Roman Catholic and Protestant strain and are identifiably a Via Media Eucharistic theology. 175 Douglas further opined that Newman presented a reasonable overview of Anglican Eucharistic theology which was both consistent and coherent. 176 In his response to Fausett Newman presented an argument which represented Hooker's views accurately, to the point where some of the excerpts from the Lawes presented views quite at odds with his own.…”

“…Christ participated in, or was 'instantiated' in the Eucharist in a real and mystical manner, and partaking of the sacrament was 'instrumentally a cause of the participation in Christ'. 168 The manner in which Christ was made present in the Eucharist is not clear. Miller asserts that Hooker constructed his theology of the Eucharist against a background of competing doctrines including those of the Magisterial Reformers and his chief source of Anglican Eucharistic doctrine, the 1559 Book of Common Prayer.…”

“…94 Hooker contended that Christ made his presence known in the Eucharist to the communicants who were co-mingled with him. 95 Notwithstanding the considerable endeavour Hooker assumed to discuss the Real Presence in the Eucharist he resolved to adopt a neutral position:…”

Philosophical Assumptions Underlying Anglican Eucharistic Theology: A Study in Multiformity

“…48 This meal is described as "a sort of perpetual wake" which "has lasted for 2,000 years so far". 49 He also describes the eucharist as "a projectile launched from antiquity into our own time; it constantly turns up amongst us and says, "never forget this man". 50 Jensen's central thought here seems to concern remembering and eating and drinking as an act of faith and will by the enquiring mind in a propositional manner: a bare memorialism.…”

“…49 He also describes the eucharist as "a projectile launched from antiquity into our own time; it constantly turns up amongst us and says, "never forget this man". 50 Jensen's central thought here seems to concern remembering and eating and drinking as an act of faith and will by the enquiring mind in a propositional manner: a bare memorialism. He speaks of "remembering" in the sense of bringing to mind an event, completed in the past but subjectively remembered in the present with thanksgiving but without sacramental instrumentality or dynamic remembrance and without the idea of multiple exemplification or localization.…”