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The corporal is an altar linen used in Christianity for the celebration of the Eucharist. Originally called corporax , from Latin corpus ("body"), it is a small square of white linen cloth; modern corporals are usually somewhat smaller than the width of the altar on which they are used, so that they can be placed flat on top of it when unfolded.
Liturgical drama refers to medieval forms of dramatic performance that use stories from the Bible or Christian hagiography.. The term was widely disseminated by well-known theater historians like Heinrich Alt (Theater und Kirche, 1846), [1] E.K. Chambers (The Mediaeval Stage, 1903) and Karl Young.
Many of the ornaments and ceremonial practices associated with the Sarum rite—though not the full liturgy itself—were revived in the Anglican Communion in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, as part of the Anglo-Catholic Oxford Movement in the Church of England. Some Anglo-Catholics wanted to find a traditional formal liturgy that was ...
Latin liturgical rites, or Western liturgical rites, is a large family of liturgical rites and uses of public worship employed by the Latin Church, the largest particular church sui iuris of the Catholic Church, that originated in Europe where the Latin language once dominated.
While following the Roman Rite and the Sarum Use in main form, the Use of York had a number of distinctive features. In the celebration of Mass, before the proclamation of the Gospel the priest blessed the deacon with these words (in Latin): "May the Lord open thy mouth to read and our ears to understand God's holy Gospel of peace," whereupon the deacon answered: "Give, O Lord, a proper and ...
Pope Gregory VII (r. 1073–1085) having abridged the order of prayers, and having simplified the Liturgy as performed at the Roman Court, this abridgment received the name of Breviary, which was suitable, since, according to the etymology of the word, it was an abridgment. The name has been extended to books which contain in one volume, or at ...
Unlike the Western corporal, the Antimension is not removed from the Holy Table after the Eucharist is over, but is kept in the center of the Holy Table, covered by the Gospel Book. The Antimension is often wrapped in a slightly larger silk cloth, called the Eiliton to protect it, though pre- Nikonian Slavic practice is to place the antimension ...
The Catholic Church also taught that the living could take action to reduce the length of time souls spent in purgatory. These included good works such as giving alms , praying to saints and especially the Virgin Mary , and prayer for the dead , especially as part of the Mass. [ 15 ] The idea of purgatory was not found in the BCP. [ 16 ]