单词 | office of prothesis |
释义 | > as lemmasoffice of prothesis 2. Christian Church. (a) In the Greek Church: the preparation and preliminary oblation of the elements, performed by the priest and deacon (more fully office of prothesis); (hence) the table upon which this is done ( table or altar of prothesis), or the place where this table stands ( chapel of prothesis). (b) The placing of the elements and other necessities in readiness for use in the Eucharistic office; (hence) the table upon which these are placed, a credence-table, or the part of a church where this stands. ΘΚΠ society > faith > artefacts > furniture > table > [noun] > for elements prothesis1637 credentia1641 credentiala1645 credence1705 credence table1792 1637 P. Heylyn Antidotum Lincolniense ii. viii. 114 There be in those Churches two Altars, the greater in the middest, and called the holy Table, the lesser called the Prothesis, or Table of Proposition. 1673 W. Cave Primitive Christianity i. vi. 140 The Prothesis, or place where things were prepared in order to the Sacrament. 1711 G. Hickes Two Treat. (ed. 3) I. Pref. Disc. p. cclix The Use of a Prothesis, or another Table from whence he may fetch them [sc. bread and wine]. 1768 G. Adams Syst. Divinity 181 The Priest taking in his Hands the Elements, then laying them upon the Table, which is the First Oblation at the Prothesis, according to the Greeks. 1850 J. M. Neale Hist. Holy Eastern Church: Pt. 1 I. 525 Before the people are dismissed, the Priest gives them the antidoron; ie. a part of the bread blessed for the prothesis. 1883 A. Beresford-Hope Worship & Order 92 We have the Altar with its attendant table of Prothesis. 1929 E. C. Thomas Lay Folks' Hist. Liturgy i. vii. 31 In the Eastern rites, the holy mysteries were prepared for completeness at the Credence or Mass of the Prothesis which had previously been celebrated in the vestry. 1963 T. Ware Orthodox Church xiv. 286 The Prothesis or Proskomidia: the preparation of the bread and wine to be used at the Eucharist. 1963 T. Ware Orthodox Church xiv. 288 The Office of Preparation..is performed privately by the priest and deacon in the chapel of the Prothesis. 1992 C. G. Flegg Gathered under Apostles iii. 184 The offerings of the people..were brought up during the Eucharist to be placed on the table of prothesis. < as lemmas |
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