Q. What is Epiclesis in Catholicism?
: a liturgical invocation of the Holy Spirit for the purpose of consecrating the eucharistic elements found particularly in Eastern liturgies where it follows the words of institution and is regarded as the point at which the eucharistic bread and wine become the body and blood of Christ.
Q. What is the purpose of the communion rite?
The Communion Rite is about shared life. It is about sharing life with God, the Father, Son and Holy Spirit, and with each other in Christ and through Christ. It is also about a unity that is made possible and brought about by the Holy Spirit.
Q. What is the role of the Holy Spirit in the liturgy?
As the person whose role is to glorify Jesus and the Father (Jn 16:13–15) the Spirit is acknowledged precisely when Jesus Christ and the Father are glorified in the liturgy. Even in the work of effecting communion, it is the grace of the Spirit and not the Spirit’s person that is revealed.
Q. What is the purpose of anamnesis?
The medical history, case history, or anamnesis (from Greek: ἀνά, aná, “open”, and μνήσις, mnesis, “memory”) of a patient is information gained by a physician by asking specific questions, either of the patient or of other people who know the person and can give suitable information, with the aim of obtaining …
Q. What does anamnesis mean in relation to the Eucharist?
What does anamnesis mean in relation to the Eucharist? Anamnesis means more than just remembering Jesus or recalling in a past event. In the Eucharist, when we remember Christ’s Passion, death, Resurrection, and Ascension.
Q. What does epiclesis mean in the Catholic Church?
Epiclesis is the invocation of the Holy Spirit upon the bread and wine, implicitly or explicitly, in the Eucharistic Prayer. In the Orthodox churches, the epiclesis completes the consecration. In Catholic theology, the Words of Institution (or anamnesis, for those of you starved for Greek terms) are consecratory.
Q. What is the meaning of the Epiklesis prayer?
Epiklesis (Gr. epiklesis; Lat. invocatio) is the name of a prayer that occurs in all Eastern liturgies (and originally in Western liturgies also) after the words of Institution, in which the celebrant prays that God may send down His Holy Spirit to change this bread and wine into the Body and Blood of His Son.
Q. Where is the epiclesis of the spirit found?
Explicit epiclesis of the Spirit is found in the Traditio Apostolica of Hippolytus (4), while a consecratory effect is first attributed to it in the Mystagogical Catechesis of Cyril of Jerusalem (5, 6). The consecration epiclesis has to be distinguished from the communion epiclesis which asks for fruitful spiritual receiving of Holy Communion.
Q. When does the Epiclesis come after the anamnesis?
In most Eastern Christian traditions, the Epiclesis comes after the Anamnesis (remembrance of Jesus’ words and deeds); in the Western Rite it usually precedes.
