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| The Lamb's Supper: The Mass as Heaven on Earth | 
 enlarge | Author: Scott Hahn
Publisher: Doubleday
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (149 reviews)
Sales Rank: 12953
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Unknown), English (Published)
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 174
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.7
Dimensions (in): 8.3 x 5.7 x 0.8
ISBN: 0385496591
Dewey Decimal Number: 264.02036
EAN: 9780385496599
ASIN: 0385496591
Publication Date: November 9, 1999
Release Date: November 9, 1999
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The "re-presentation" is everywhere in this book August 3, 2000
14 out of 16 found this review helpful
I'd like to respond to the critic from Drexel Hill. I'm no dogmatic theologian, but I don't need a doctorate to see that the reviewer is wrong -- VERY wrong. Though it's been months since I read the book, I had no trouble finding ample evidence. Several times, Hahn makes the statement the reviewer says he "fails to mention." And he uses, almost verbatim, the language the reviewer uses! Consider this from page 150: "The Mass is the `once for all,' perfect sacrifice of Calvary, which is presented on heaven's altar for all eternity. . . . There is only one sacrifice; it is perpetual and eternal, and so it needs never be repeated. Yet the Mass is our participation in that one sacrifice and in the eternal life of the Trinity in heaven, where the Lamb stands eternally `as if slain.'" And this from page 28: "It was the Eucharist: the re-presentation of the sacrifice of Jesus Christ, the sacramental meal where Christians consumed Jesus' body and blood." And this from page 36: "Justin . . . explained that the Passover sacrifice and the Temple sacrifices were mere foreshadowings of the one sacrifice of Jesus Christ and its re-presentation in the liturgy." Moreover, chapter 2 is pretty much devoted to the very idea that the reviewer says is absent! I'm amazed that a fellow Pennsylvanian would post such a petty and irresponsible review. Perhaps the reviewer should have a dogmatic theologian read his literary ruminations before he races to the Web.
 Wait a Minute - Something Essential is Missing! July 31, 2000
16 out of 40 found this review helpful
Dr. Scott Hahn's book on the Holy Eucharist gives an interesting and, in my view, correct view of a dimension of the Holy Eucharist that is often overlooked: The Mass places the Church on earth in the presence of the risen Lord Jesus who adores His Father and intercedes for the Church in Heaven. Hahn notes many texts from the Book of Revelation that highlight this vital component of the Eucharist.HOWEVER, Hahn fails to mention the central-most important component of the Eucharist - the most distinctly Catholic element: In the celebration of the Holy Eucharist the Risen Lord through the Spirit makes present the one sacrifice offered on Calvary for the salvation of the world. Yes, the Mass puts us in touch with the heavenly worship of the Lamb, but it more immediately puts us in touch with the sacrifice on Calvary which becomes present in an "unbloodly manner" in the Eucharist. The sacrificed Lord becomes present so that His Church may offer Him to the Father and be joined to His offering for the salvation of others. Dr. Hahn, please ask dogmatic theologians to read your scriptural ruminations before you race to print. I am amazed that Fr. Benedict Groeschel missed this point. He is usually so orthodox! Readers, read the Catechism of the Catholic Church on the Eucharist as Sacrifice and especially #1085. Therein you will discover a fatal flaw in an otherwise worthy book.
A Revelation of the Holy Eucharist! July 12, 2000
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
Dr. Hahn has done it again! With his usual cheeky section titles (I won't spoil the surprise) and his intense scholarship, he explains the Book of Revelation and the Mass, and somehow ties it all together. Check pp. 119-120 for a real eye-opener. Whether you are a Bible scholar or just a Bible believer, this is a book that belongs on your bookshelf. (It's hard to believe that the book is only 174 pp. including endnotes!)
Fantastic! Dr. Hahn does it again. July 5, 2000
117 out of 127 found this review helpful
What a delightful, wonderful, interesting, thought-provoking, and inspiring book this one is. Evangelical Biblical scholars have pondered the meaning of John's Book of Revelation for a long time.For too many, they read it as the "end times." Dr. Hahn did the same thing, as a Presbyterian minister. It wasn't until he became Catholic that he began to see Revelations as a blueprint for the Mass. Hahn demonstrates how Revelation gives us a glimpse of Heaven and of Mass. The premise of the book is that Mass itself is a little slice of Heaven on Earth. What Hahn offers is not something new. This is what the Church has taught for centuries. Yet, Hahn presents it as only he can. Hahn offers not only a beautiful view of Revelation, but also of Mass. It is a view that too few Catholics take to heart. Not only is this a simply delightful book, but it's also a short book - one that could easily be read in one sitting. I highly recommend it. Catholics will gain a new appreciation for Mass and all that they have taken for granted. Non-Catholics will appreciate an alternative view of The Book of Revelation.
A Calvinist who loved it! June 27, 2000
42 out of 43 found this review helpful
I just finished Hahn's new book 'The Lamb's Supper: The Mass as Heaven on Earth'. I thought I was in a special camp since I considered historic liturgy to be the key to understanding Revelation, but I was suprised to find that it is historic catholic teaching.Scott Hahn was a calvinistic presybterian who went to Gordon-Conwell TS but later converted to Rome. I read his first book (Rome Sweet Home) and thought it was stupid. But this one is really good. He gives the best explanation of Revelation I have yet to read. Revelation is a book containing presbyters in vestments, altars, incense, saints in heaven interceding for saints on earth, hidden manna, sacrifice, chalices, a wedding feast, food imagery, liturgical formulas, judgement, angels, martyrs, and all this in the context of our glorious Lord Jesus Christ and His parousia. Sounds a little 'Romish' doesn't it? I found it very illuminating and enjoyable. I was not convinced by Hahn's Catholicism by 'Rome Sweet Home', but this one is much more tempting. As a Protestant, this book scares me.
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