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Thank you for the reference. My local councils & synods reiterate that
concern about adoration of God, not of material objects, creator not
created.
Tom Izbicki
Cate Gunn wrote:
> medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and
> culture There was a concern that the (as yet unconsecrated) host
> should not be lifted too high at the small elevation:
> 'Praecipitur presbyteris ut cum in canone inceperint /qui
> pridie/ tenentes hostiam ne elevent eam statim nimis alte ita quod
> possit videri a populo sed quas ante pectus detineant donec dixerint
> /Hoc est corpus meum / et tunc elevent eam ita quod possit videri ab
> omnibus' quoted from Paris BN MS lat. 14.443 by V. L. Kennedy, 'The
> moment of consecration and the elevation of the Host', Mediaeval
> Studies, 6 (1944).
> Joseph Jungmann, with reference to a London synod of 1215, refers to
> the concern that seeing the host too soon might lead to 'a creature
> being adored instead of the creator', /The Mass of the Roman Rite/,
> vol. 2, p. 206.
>
> Cate
>
> On 10 Dec 2009, at 22:01, Dr Jim Bugslag wrote:
>
>> medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
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>> Tom,
>> In 15th-century images of the elevation of the Host, the priest is
>> holding it up very high above his head so that it is indeed visible
>> to the congregation behind him. See, for example, Rogier van der
>> Weyden's Seven Sacraments altarpiece, in the central panel.
>> Cheers,
>> Jim
>>
>> Tom Izbicki wrote:
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>>>
>>> I went back to Durantis & found him discussing three elevations.
>>> There are two in the Canon: the "prima elevatio" after the words
>>> of institution, signifies the Crucifixion. The one at the end of
>>> the Canon, just at the end, signifies the raising up of Christ's
>>> body from the ground to place it in the tomb. The priest (he says)
>>> represents Nicodemus; the deacon, Joseph of Aramathea. The
>>> discussion of this ends with a cross reference to his discussion of
>>> the elevation after the breaking of the host.
>>> An interesting detail - "exaltat vocem, et etiam aliquantulum
>>> elevat." With the priest facing the altar, perhaps this elvation at
>>> the end of the Canon would not be possible for the laity to see.
>>>
>>> See Book IV chapter 46, CCCM 140, pp. 502-503.
>>>
>>> Tom Izbicki
>>>
>>>
>>>
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