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--- Adam Walker <carrajena@hidden.email> wrote: > --- Padraic Brown <elemtilas@hidden.email> wrote: > > > > --- Adam Walker <carrajena@hidden.email> wrote: > > > > > This is the only day of the year when > Eucharist > > > is > > > taken in the home and included as part of a > > > meal. > > > Otherwise it is a rite performed in the > > > churches by > > > the clergy and administered to the > faithful. > > > Each > > > family tends to have a certain Gospel which > is > > > tradition within that family to read/recite > > > from on this night. > > > > But doesn't a (qualified and spiritually > whole) > > priest still have to consecrate the bread in > > advance? Or is the father allowed to do this > once > > a year? > > > > You're probably right. In my church background > any > individual believer can bless the bread and > wine, in > fact, at many of the communion services I have > participated in each believer consecrates his > or her > own elements. I'll have to formulate a > Donatist > doctrine to resolve this question. Can the > father be > considered the priest of the household for the > purpose of this most holy communion? Unless they've diverged considerably from the Catholic-Orthodox tradition they originally came from, the answer would be emphatically "no". > Since he will already be > performing some other priestly duties in simply > distributing the elements and reading the > Scripture. Some of these can be and are (*here*) delegated. Communion, in Catholic churches, is regularly distributed by specially authorised lay ministers. The gospel and sermons can be proclaimed by deacons, if authorised by the presiding priest. > And what about a widow, would she be permited > as well? To say nothing of a woman, though early on I understand there w�re female priests. > I think yes on both counts, but this isn't set > in stone yet. Wow. That was unexpected! I would have thought that in such an ecclesiastical tradition, only a priest would be able to enact a consecration. Even in realtively ideosyncratic Telerani Christianity, only the priest can consecrate bread for communion. Anyone ought to be able bless bread, but consecrating is a typically priestly function. At least in the Catholic, Orthodox and related traditions. What tradition are you coming from where individuals do it themselves? > Thank you Padraic. Your questions and comments > are just the thing to bring this into better > focus for me. Interracting with you is quite > fruitful. You're very welcome, and the gratitude is mutual! I find your descriptions of C-a very interesting as well as inspiring. Padraic. cucnasat-te-he is-ca stesteytar; salamar-ta is-ca testestentar; wact�s-ta is-ca nenemti; alistat-co-ta is-ca telelamtar; watar-ta-he is-ca xexewehti; xawi�talawattan-ta is-ca warkati... From the meal he stood up; the clothes he set aside; the towel he took up and with that girded himself; water he poured out; the disciples� foot washing he accomplished. [Divine Liturgy of St. Thomas, Teleran] -- Ill Bethisad -- <http://www.geocities.com/elemtilas/ill_bethisad> Come visit The World! -- <http://www.geocities.com/hawessos/> .