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The whole Christ; the historical development of the doctrine of the mystical body in Scripture and tradition by Emile Mersch.

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Emile Mersch, S. J. was professor of Sacred Theology at the Faultés Notre-Dame de la Paix, Namur, Belgium.
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Translated from Le Corps Mystique Du Christ (Museum Lessianum, Louvain). Second French Edition, 1936


On the use of Biblical and Patristic references --- from the translator's preface, (xii):

"With a few exceptions, which are clearly indicated in the notes, texts of the Old Testament are cited according to the familiar Douay version (D.V.), but the New Testament is quoted according to the more modern and more readable, though unofficial Westminster version (W.V.). The translation of passages from the works of the Fathers is based, whenever possible, upon the Greek of Latin texts as contained in Migne's 'Patrology' (P.G., P.L.), with occasional references to the Vienna 'Corpus of Latin Ecclesiastical Writers' (C.V.), and to the Berlin 'Corpus of Greek Christian Writers of the First Three Centuries' (C.B.). Other sources are indicated in the notes."


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Table of Contents

Foreword by Joseph Husslein, S. J., PhD …. VII
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Translator's Preface ( John R. Kelly, S.J.) …. XI

Introduction … 3


Part One:

THE DOCTRINE OF THE MYSTICAL BODY IN SACRED SCRIPTURE.

I. The Mystical Body Prefigured in the Old Testament. 21

II. The Synoptic Gospels: The "Kingdom" and the Mystical Body. 35

III. The Acts of the Apostles, the Coming of the Kingdom and of the Church, the Body of Christ. 74

IV. St. Paul - 1. The Mystical Christ in Paul's Preaching. 85

V. St. Paul - 2. Christ in Us, We in Christ. 103

VI. St. Paul - 3. The "Body" of Christ. 111

VII. St. Paul - 4. Secondary Formulas of the "Mystery". 128

VIII. St. John - 1. Sources of John's Teaching. The Apocalypse. 151

IX. St. John - 2. Jesus, Our Life. 165

X. St. John - 3. Our Divine Life. "That They May Be One, As We Are One". 182

XI. Conclusions on the Holy Scriptures. 196


Part Two:

THE DOCTRINE OF THE MYSTICAL BODY IN THE GREEK FATHERS.

Introduction. 209

1. The First Witnesses. St. Ignatius of Antioch and the Unity of the Church in Christ. 213

II. St. Irenaeus and the "Recapitulation" ;. 227

III. The School of Alexandria. 248

IV. St. Athanasius. The Divinity of the Word and the Divinization of His Mystical Body. 263

V. St. Hilary. Divinization by Incorporation in the Incarnate Word. 288

VI. St. Gregory Nazianzen and St. Gregory of Nyssa. 307

VII. St. John Chrysostom, Doctor of the Eucharist and of Almsgiving. 323

VIII. St. Cyril of Alexandria. The Incarnation and the Mystical Body. 337


Part Three:

THE DOCTRINE OF THE MYSTICAL BODY IN WESTERN TRADITION.

Introduction. 367

I. Tertullian and St. Cyprian. 371

II. St. Augustine - 1. Augustine and - the Donatist Schism. 384

III. St. Augustine- 2. Augustine and Pelagianism. 398

IV. St. Augustine -3. Sermons to the People. 412

V. The Early Middle Ages. 441

VI. The Scholastics - 1. "The Grace of Headship". 451

VII. The Scholastics - 2. The Humanity of Christ, Instrument of the Divinity. 472

VIII. The Scholastics - 3. Who are Members of Christ. 486

IX. The Scholastics - 4. The Dignity of the Members of Christ. 499

X. The French School. The Mystical Body and the Spiritual Life. 531

XI. The Doctrine of the Mystical Body Today. 556

General Conclusion. 577

Notes. 585
Index. 599