Communion (liturgy)

In the liturgy of the Latin Church, communio refers to the singing of communion . Like the introit, this was originally an antiphonal chant, consisting of an antiphon and a matching psalm. Today often only the antiphon is sung without the psalm ( Antiphona ad communionem ).

The communion belongs to the proprium , i.e. to the parts of the liturgy that change according to the time of the church year or the respective day of remembrance. She often takes up a verse from the Gospel of the day .

Different denominations

Lutheranism

In the Lutheran liturgy, the term communio developed into the musica sub communione , which can also include chorales and free settings of devotional texts.

orthodoxy

In the Orthodox liturgy the chant is called koinonikon ( Greek κοινωνικόν ).

literature

• Adolf Adam / Rupert Berger : Pastoral liturgical hand dictionary. Freiburg: Herder 1990, sv communion song, p. 270f.