The Role of the Holy Spirit in Early Anglican Eucharistic Theology

Abstract

A prides itself on having a comprehensive approach to theology. That comprehensive approach, however, comes with a price. No doctrine illustrates this struggle for comprehension more than the doctrine of the eucharist. Debates about the nature of Christ’s sacrifice and his presence in the eucharist were central to the identity of Anglicanism from the reformation forward. One often neglected topic, though, was the role of the Holy Spirit in the eucharist.