Epistle Page
In the extraordinary form of the Roman rite of the Roman Catholic Church, the right side of a high altar is called the epistle side . The right side of a church (in the case of east-facing churches, the southern side) is also known colloquially as the epistle side (popularly sometimes called the “ man's side ”). The traditional division of pews into a man's side (right) and a woman's side (left) is no longer common.
The priest or - in the case of levitated high offices - the subdeacon sings or reads the epistle on this side of the altar during Holy Mass . The priest, on the other hand, preaches the gospel on the other, the gospel side . Therefore, the wearing Ministrant the book panel after the lecture the Epistel the Gospel side.
On the epistle side of the altar, the following rites and prayers take place in the extraordinary form:
- Introitus
- Oratio
- epistle
- Blessing of the water
- Preparation of the chalice with wine and water
- Hand washing ( lavabo )
- Purification
- Postcommunio ( closing prayer )
At the beginning and at the end of mass, the missal is on the epistle side.
literature
- Reinhold Wex: Order and unrest. Problems of space in Protestant church building in the 17th and 18th centuries . Jonas publishing house for art and literature, Marburg 1984. ISBN 3-922561-23-3 .
- Friedrich Möbius , Helga Sciurie: Symbolic values of medieval art . Seemann, Leipzig 1984.