Primate Chapel
The primate chapel , also known as the mensa Christi ("table of Christ"), is located directly on the north bank of the Sea of Galilee in Galilee in Israel . It forms the eastern part of the Tabgha pilgrimage site .
The chapel marks the place assumed by tradition, where Jesus is said to have appeared at the lake after his resurrection and to have held the supper with his disciples at which Peter was commissioned ( Jn 21 EU ); the triple spoken “Pasture my lambs!” or “Pasture my sheep!” means, according to the Catholic understanding, in addition to the “key word” ( Mt 16.18–19 EU ), the “human fisherman word ” ( Lk 5.10 EU ) and the “ Word of strength” ( Lk 22.31–32 EU ) the empowerment of Peter and his successors with the primacy .
The current chapel is probably the sixth church building in this location. The pilgrim Egeria already mentions a church here in the late 4th century, from which twelve steps carved into the rock led to the lake on the lake side - remnants of which are likely to be identical to today's steps. Another church was built in the 5th century, but was probably destroyed in the Persian storm in 614. The remains of the wall form the foundation for all other churches. The fourth building was built at the end of the 7th / beginning of the 8th century. The fifth church building is mentioned by the Russian abbot Daniel (1106), who is soon followed by a Norwegian (rod) church building at the time of the Crusaders . However, this only lasted for a short time, as it was destroyed by the Mameluke Sultan Baibar in 1263 . The current building was built in 1933 and renovated in 1982. In contrast to the Church of the Multiplication , the chapel is made of black basalt . The interior of the church is dominated by a large stone block on which the meal is said to have taken place. The chapel and the property have been looked after by Italian Franciscans since 1889.
Individual evidence
- ^ Website of the Israeli Foreign Ministry , read on February 11, 2012
- ↑ DUMONT travel guide ISBN 3-7701-6608-6 , author: Erhard and Andrea Gorys, pages 234 and 235
Web links
- Website of the Franciscan monastery in Tabgha (English and five other languages)
Coordinates: 32 ° 52 '18.7 " N , 35 ° 33' 1.1" E