Goblet spoon

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Silver Byzantine goblet spoon from the 6th century

A goblet spoon or goblet spoon ( Latin : cochlearium ) is used in the celebration of the Eucharist in the Roman Catholic Church and belongs to the Vasa sacra . The spoon is usually about 10 cm long and gold or silver plated. It can be decorated with ornaments and patterns or with crosses or other Christian symbols. The goblet spoon, like the paten, is often part of the equipment of a priest's primary chalice .

The goblet spoon found its way into the liturgy of the Latin Church in the 12th century . When preparing the chalice for the celebration of Holy Mass , the deacon or the celebrating priest adds some water to the wine and speaks softly: “As the water combines with the wine as a sacred symbol, so let this chalice share in the divinity of Christ who has assumed our human nature. "

literature

  • Joseph Braun: The Christian altarpiece in its being and in its development. Munich 1932, pp. 448-54.
  • Joseph Braun: Liturgical Hand Lexicon. Freiburg 2 1924, p. 316.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Rudolf Huber (Ed.): Church implements, crosses and reliquaries of the Christian churches. (= Glossarium Artis. Volume 2). KG Saur Verlag, 3rd edition, Munich-London-New York-Paris 1991, ISBN 3-598-11079-0 , p. 62.
  2. ↑ General Introduction to the Roman Missal (AEM), No. 142.