Corporals
The corporal (from Latin corpus , body, body ) is a starched, usually square, white linen cloth with a side length of about 45 to 50 cm. The cloth is at Eucharists in the tradition of West Church ( Roman Catholic , anglikanisch , Lutheran , Old Catholic ) on the altar added to the paten or wafer shell and the cup it noted. In the extraordinary form of the Roman rite , the celebration host is placed directly on the corporal during the change . Also in the tabernacle or when the holy of holies is exposed , the ciborium or the monstrance usually stand on a corporal of a suitable size. In the Byzantine liturgical tradition , the corporal corresponds to the Eiletón ( Ilitón ).
history
The corporal is the oldest parament . In the Roman liturgy it was originally called Palla corporalis, first the only altar cloth , later the upper one, on which the Eucharistic gifts were placed and with which they were then also covered. From the 11th century, the significantly smaller corporal developed from it. The corporal was understood as the shroud of Jesus and was therefore usually always made of linen like this one . A corner of the corporal was struck over the goblet until the 13th century in order to avoid contamination of the wine to be measured. It is still common in the Carthusian liturgy to this day . Later a second, folded corporal came into use, which was placed on the chalice and from which the palla developed as a cover for the chalice. The second corporal was interpreted as the cloth that covered the head of Jesus in the tomb.
function
The corporal is to prevent particles from being lost during the breaking of the hosts and the purification of the chalice . For this reason, it may only be laid out and folded in one direction so that no particles can fall to the floor. Because it came into direct contact with the consecrated host, special care is taken of the corporal. It is kept in the bursa , a folder-like cloth bag in the respective liturgical color . It used to have to be washed out at least once by a priest, deacon or sub-deacon before washing.
- Folding a correctly ironed corporal
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literature
- Joseph Braun : The Liturgical Paraments in the Present and Past. A manual of paramentics. 2nd, improved edition. Herder, Freiburg (Breisgau) 1924 (Reprographischer Reprint. Verlag Nova and Vetera, Bonn 2005, ISBN 3-936741-07-7 ), pp. 205-209.
