This rationale is essentially why, after a two-year foray in Anglicanism, my wife and I ultimately pressed forward and are being received into the Church at Easter.
I'm not quite sure what you mean by ' the Eucharist is a propitiatory sacrifice'? Could you clarify on that. I'm wondering whether the idea of a 'propitiatory sacrifice' owes more to protestant theology, than with the original Roman/Latin, or perhaps at least with Anselm? Generally it is expressed as a 'satisfaction theory of atonement,' specifically in connection with the Crucifixion of Christ. I assume that you connect 'the Eucharistic sacrifice' with 'the Sacrifice of Christ'? Though general protestant expressions of belief or understanding on this matter seem to me to be directly derived from S. Anselm. How would you see that? On the other hand, I would refer to the study put forth by Margaret Barker, an English researcher into the Old Testament origins of Christian theology, in which she places the 'Atonement of Christ' squarely within the context of the ancient Levitical ritual of Atonement (as at 'Yom Kippur'). This clearly connects with St Paul's explication of the meaning of Christ's High Priestly work, as in his Letter to the Hebrews chs. 3-10. Thus avoiding the idea of propitiation as such.
This rationale is essentially why, after a two-year foray in Anglicanism, my wife and I ultimately pressed forward and are being received into the Church at Easter.
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I'm not quite sure what you mean by ' the Eucharist is a propitiatory sacrifice'? Could you clarify on that. I'm wondering whether the idea of a 'propitiatory sacrifice' owes more to protestant theology, than with the original Roman/Latin, or perhaps at least with Anselm? Generally it is expressed as a 'satisfaction theory of atonement,' specifically in connection with the Crucifixion of Christ. I assume that you connect 'the Eucharistic sacrifice' with 'the Sacrifice of Christ'? Though general protestant expressions of belief or understanding on this matter seem to me to be directly derived from S. Anselm. How would you see that? On the other hand, I would refer to the study put forth by Margaret Barker, an English researcher into the Old Testament origins of Christian theology, in which she places the 'Atonement of Christ' squarely within the context of the ancient Levitical ritual of Atonement (as at 'Yom Kippur'). This clearly connects with St Paul's explication of the meaning of Christ's High Priestly work, as in his Letter to the Hebrews chs. 3-10. Thus avoiding the idea of propitiation as such.
http://www.margaretbarker.com/Papers/Atonement.pdf