Eucharystia – misterium zgromadzenia, Królestwa i jedności. Wokół teologii eucharystycznej Aleksandra Schmemanna

Abstract

Alexander Schmemann (1921–1983) is one of the most important contemporary Orthodox thinkers active in exile in France and the United States. The Eucharist: Sacrament of the Kingdom, the last work by the outstanding thinker, provides a series of reflections on the Eucharist, being a testimony and the fruit of over thirty years of his work as an Orthodox priest, lecturer, and writer. The article deals with selected aspects of his eucharistic theology. First, it is in the Eucharist that the Church is realized as a gathering summoned by the Resurrected Lord. Second, the Holy Liturgy is the mystery of the Kingdom of God. Third, the Eucharist is a sacrament of unity.