Purification
Purification ( lat. Purificare "to clean up") is the cleaning of the liturgical vessels by the deacon or priest after communion . Thereby assisting an acolyte or acolyte .
The vessels are either still at the altar purified or for this purpose sideboard brought. There, particles of the hosts remaining on the paten and the host bowls are placed in the chalice and dissolved there in some altar wine . This is summed up (Latin sumere = to take in ), that is, drunk; the process itself is called consumption or consumption (Latin: consumptio = complete consumption ). Afterwards, any particles remaining on the celebrant's fingers are rinsed off by the altar boy with some water over the chalice ( ablution , from Latin abluere “to wash off”), and this water is also drunk.
The cup will eventually with the cup towel dried (purificator) and then again with cup cloth, paten, Palla and chalice veil covered.
The purification takes place with great care and is based on the doctrine of the real presence , according to which Jesus Christ is really, truly and essentially present in the eucharistic forms of bread and wine as long as this matter exists in its form. From this the liturgical regulation is derived to respectfully and carefully handle even small pieces of the consecrated hosts and the remaining wine and not to throw them away.
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- ↑ Brockhaus. Leipzig / Berlin / Vienna, 14th edition, 1894–1896.