Concelebration

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Concelebrating priests at the prayer of Holy Mass

Concelebration (from Latin con “together” and celebrare “celebrate”) describes the celebration of the liturgy by a main celebrant with other celebrants . The concelebration is one of the oldest worship traditions of all Eastern and Western churches of the Catholic tradition. One of the oldest surviving descriptions of the Eucharistic celebration from the year 200 depicts Holy Mass as a celebration in concelebration, which the diocesan bishop leads together with his presbytery and in which the deacons assist.

In the Catholic Church , the concelebration relates primarily to the celebration of Holy Mass, the consecration of the holy oils and the consecration of priests and bishops, in the Orthodox and Oriental Orthodox Churches also to the anointing of the sick .

“If the bishop is present at a parish mass, it is most appropriate that he himself should celebrate the Eucharist and join the priests as concelebrants in the ordinance. This is not done to make the outer celebration more glamorous, but to clarify the mystery of the Church, which is the " sacrament of unity". "

The Second Vatican Council particularly emphasized the tradition of concelebration and asked for a new concelebration rite to be worked out. The Church expressly prescribes the concelebration in the liturgical order for episcopal ordination, priestly ordination, the benediction of an abbot and the Christian mass . Furthermore, she expressly recommends concelebration for certain forms of Holy Mass such as the conventual mass of a community of religious or canons , for mass celebrations at councils , bishops' assemblies and synods , at meetings of priests and for the celebration of the Last Supper on Maundy Thursday .

The preface of the Prayer of the Mass is always presented by the principal celebrant. The concelebrants pray the words of institution quietly and recite various parts of the prayer.

The solemn holy mass celebrated in concelebration with singing and participation of the community corresponds to the former Levite office . In particular, the practice of two priests in dalmatic and tunicella assuming the roles of deacon and sub-deacon in a Levite office is now excluded.

Web links

Wiktionary: concelebration  - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations

Individual evidence

  1. General Introduction to the Roman Missal (AEM) , No. 92
  2. Sacrosanctum Concilium , Art. 26
  3. Sacrosanctum Concilium , Art. 58.
  4. General introduction to the Roman Missal (AEM) II. No. 199
  5. “During liturgical celebrations, everyone, be they liturist or believer, should in the exercise of his task only do that and all that is due to him from the nature of the matter and according to the liturgical rules.” ( Sacrosanctum Concilium , Art. 28) ; see. Johannes Wagner: How dead is the office of the Levites? In: Gottesdienst 7 (1973), Heft 1, p. 138ff.