| 释义 |
‖ fermentum|fəˈmɛntəm|
[med.L. use of L. fermentum yeast, ferment n.]
In the church in Rome from at least the fifth century, a portion of the eucharistic oblation sent from the Papal Mass to a presbyter about to celebrate the eucharist in one of the neighbouring churches.
1719J. Bingham Origines Ecclesiasticæ VI. xv. ii. 610 The Ancients.. many Times spake of leavened Bread, and sometimes the Eucharist is called Fermentum, Leaven, upon that Account. Ibid. 611 As appears from..a Letter of Pope Innocent, where he says, it was the Custom at Rome to consecrate the Fermentum, that is, the Eucharist, in the Mother Church, and send it thence on the Lord's Day to the Presbyters in the Tituli or lesser Churches. 1884Addis & Arnold Cath. Dict. s.v. Reservation, A supposed decretal of Pope Innocent to Decentius proves that the Bishop of Rome sent the fermentum or consecrated host ‘per titulos’—i.e. to the chief churches of the city. 1937Fortescue & Thurston Mass ix. 368 It is clear really that the fermentum was the Holy Eucharist... As the Sancta were a symbol of the identity of the sacrifice from one Mass to another, so was the fermentum a sign of union between the bishop and his clergy. 1957Oxf. Dict. Chr. Church 500/1 Fermentum, in Rome (5th cent.), the fragments of the Bread of the Eucharist sent on Sundays from the Papal Mass to the presbyters in the parish churches (tituli) to typify the unity of the faithful in Christ. |