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(Greek,ànaphorá, offering, sacrifice).
Aliturgical term in theGreek Rite. It is variously used in theliturgies of the Greek Orient to signify that part of the service which corresponds substantially to the Latin Canon of the Mass. It also signifies the offering of Eucharistic bread; the large veil (seeA) that covers the same, and the procession in which the offering is brought to the altar (Brightman).
1. In theGreek Rite the Anaphoras are numerous while in theRoman Rite the Canon of the Mass is from time immemorial quite invariable. The Greek Anaphora is substantially of apostolic origin, though in its present form it dates from the end of the fourth or the beginning of the fifth century whenSt. Basil the Great andSt. John Chrysostom (respectively) shortened the liturgy that until then was very long and fatiguing. The term is of much importance, given its antiquity, for the demonstration of the sacrificial character of the Holy Mass (see Cabrol, 1911-13; Probst, 240, 325).
2. In the Eastern orGreek Church theOffertory is a more deliberate and impressiveceremony than in theRoman Rite. Thepriest accompanied by thedeacon and theacolytes andcenser-bearers, goes to theprothesis (a small side altar where theproskomide is performed) and they solemnly bring the blessedbread andwine through the small diaconal door of theiconostasis and proceed to the centre of the church or at least directly in front of the royal doors, where, turning to the people and holding the sacred gifts in their hands theypray successively for theecclesiastical andsecular authorities. In the GreekOrthodox Churchprayers are said for the emperor or king, the Holy Synod, and the various church dignitaries. In the GreekCatholicChurch theseprayers are said for thePope, theArchbishop, Emperor, King, etc., using the same words. Thepriest anddeacon then proceed solemnly to the altar bearing the Sacred Elements through the royal doors. This part of theGreekMass is called the Great Entrance. After thepaten andchalice have been placed on the altar thepriest completes theOffertory with thisprayer: "Receive also theprayer of us sinners and cause it to approach Thy Holy Altar, and strengthen us to present gifts and spiritualsacrifices unto Thee for oursins and the ignorances of the people, and count us worthy to find grace before Thee; that our sacrifice may be acceptable unto Thee; and that the spirit of Thy grace may rest upon us and upon these gifts presented, and upon all Thy people".
Many of the Oriental Anapohoras may be read in RENAUDOT,Liturgiarum Orientalium Collectio (Frankfort ed., 1847); GOAR,Euchologium, sive Rituale Græcarum (2d ed., Venice, 1730); J. A. ASSUMANI,Codex Liturgicus (Rome, 1754). Cf. also LEBRUN,Explication littérale, etc., de la Messe (Liege, 1781); NEALE,A History of the Holy Eastern Church (London, 1850), I, 461; BRIGHTMAN,Liturgies, Eastern adn Western (Oxford, 1906),passim; PROBST,Liturgie der drei ersten christl. Jahrhunderte (Tübingen, 1870); RENI,Gesch. des MessOpferbegriffs (Freising, 1901), I, 311-524;Dict. d'arch. chrét., I, 1898-1919; PARRINO,La Messa Greca, (Palermo, 1904), 35.
APA citation.Shipman, A.(1907).Anaphora. InThe Catholic Encyclopedia.New York: Robert Appleton Company.http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01451a.htm
MLA citation.Shipman, Andrew."Anaphora."The Catholic Encyclopedia.Vol. 1.New York: Robert Appleton Company,1907.<http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01451a.htm>.
Transcription.This article was transcribed for New Advent by WGKofron.With thanks to St. Mary's Church, Akron, Ohio.
Ecclesiastical approbation.Nihil Obstat. March 1, 1907. Remy Lafort, S.T.D., Censor.Imprimatur. +John Cardinal Farley, Archbishop of New York.
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