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Models of Liturgy in an Ecumenical Age

A Paradigm Shift from Transubstantiation to the Heavenly Sanctuary

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Models of Liturgy in an Ecumenical Age

A Paradigm Shift from Transubstantiation to the Heavenly Sanctuary

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What role has transubstantiation played in historical and contemporary liturgical conflicts? How might liturgical definitions of the divine presence open space for, or deny, meaningful interdenominational interaction?

The primary goal of this book is to explore interpretations of the divine presence in liturgy, specifically how God's presence connects with and impacts other key liturgical components. In contrast to the widely accepted Sacramental, Kerygmatic, and Charismatic Models, Karl Tsatalbasidis offers something new: the Biblical Sanctuary Model. Applying a phenomenological exegesis to selected Old and New Testament passages, the Biblical Sanctuary Model reveals that the Biblical view of the divine presence temporally grounds the relationship between all the components of liturgy and, in doing so, points to a unified liturgy

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Table of Contents

List of Figures
List of Tables
Acknowledgements
Abbreviations
Introduction
Part I –Transubstantiation and Ecumenism
1.The Uncontested Dominance of Transubstantiation in Liturgical Conflict: The Untold Story
2.Being: The Ultimate Hermeneutical Paradigm in Liturgy
Part II – The Triumph of Transubstantiation in Christian Liturgy
3.The Sacramental Model
4.The Kerygmatic Model
5.The Charismatic Model
Part III – The Biblical Sanctuary Model
6.Divine Presence
7.Liturgist
8.Liturgical Setting and Actions
9.Encounter
10.Response to the Encounter
11.Biblical Search for Unity
12.Conclusion – The Demise of Transubstantiation and the Path to Unity

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Published 05 Feb 2026
Format Ebook (Epub & Mobi)
Edition 1st
Pages 448
ISBN 9781978765986
Imprint T&T Clark
Illustrations 3 bw illus
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing

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Karl Tsatalbasidis

Karl Tsatalbasidis (PhD Andrews University) serves…

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