Quiz 4 | dalmatic - fraction Flashcards
dalmatic
French: dalmatique. Vestment worn by the liturgical deacon at the Divine Service. Bears the color of the season, marked with horizontal bars on front and back. With the tunicle, an ecclesiastical version of the ancient robes of joy or wedding garments mentioned in both Testaments of Holy Scripture. Traditionally set aside during the penitential seasons (Advent and Lent).
deacon
Greek: διάκονος, “servant, attendant”; Latin equivalent: minister. Historically, a churchly office whose duties and status vary depending on local and denominational tradition. In later centuries of the Early Church, and still in the Roman and Eastern Orthodox communions, deacon refers to the third-highest rank of ordained clergy: deacon, priest (or presbyter), and bishop. Liturgically, the ordained minister who assists the celebrant by reading the Scriptures (especially the Gospel) and distributing the Lord’s blood. (This liturgical function of deacon is the sense most consistently used in the Lutheran Church.)
declaration of grace
The announcement of God’s forgiveness to those who have confessed their sins, spoken in the Divine Service by the pastor after the congregation’s general confession. In contrast to the so-called indicative-operative” absolution, where the pastor speaks the words “I forgive you” in the stead of Christ.
Divine Service
From German: Gottesdienst, lit., “service of God.” The general term for Christian worship and its services in the Lutheran Church. Now used specifically to refer to a service with Holy Communion (formerly Hauptgottesdienst, “Chief Diyine Service”) as distinguished from the services of the Daily Office. In English, the term is preferred over the term “worship” service because it describes both God’s service to us in the Gospel and Sacraments and our sacrifice of thanksgiving and praise in response.
dossal
Also “dorsal” sometimes with ‘“curtain.” From Latin: dossale, “a hanging.” An ornamental or plain cloth suspended on the wall behind the altar.
doxology
Greek: δοξολογία, “word of praise.” Generally, any expression of praise to God, especially a trinitarian formulation. Specifically, the Gloria Patri (“Glory be to the Father and to the Son . . .”), used to conclude psalms and canticles. By extension, a concluding “doxological” stanza in hymns that acts as a metered Gloria Patri.
Easter Vigil
First service of Easter, held on Saturday night in anticipation. Dates to second century, developed further in fourth century, where it served as one of the primary occasions for Baptisms. Use revived among Lutherans in the second half of the twentieth century. The service consists of six parts: Light, Readings, Baptism, Prayer, Word, and Sacrament.
ektene
Greek: ἐκτενής, lit., “extended.” A fervent, extended prayer characterized by the repeated congregational response “Lord, have mercy.” The Kyrie in LSB Divine Service, Settings One and Two, is a truncated version of the ektene from the Liturgy of John Chrysostom.
elevation
In the Service of the Sacrament, the lifting up of the Lord’s body and blood before the congregation as a confession of the bodily presence of Christ. This can be done separately after the bread and then the wine is consecrated; also at the Pax Domini, where both are elevated together. While Luther identified many abuses in the medieval celebration of the Sacrament, including the belief that the mass was a resacrificing of Christ by which satisfaction is made to God, he still believed that the elevation should be retained with an evangelical understanding of proclaiming the real presence of Christ’s body and blood.
Ember Days
Penitential days set aside in each season for fasting, prayer, and almsgiving. The Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday (1) of the first week in Lent, (2) of the week of Pentecost, (3) after Holy Cross Day (September 14), and (4) after the commemoration of St. Lucia (December 13). These days became associated with catechetical preaching. In Lutheran tradition, the practice of Wednesday Advent and Lent catechetical services may have grown out of the Ember Days.
epiclesis
(ih-PICK-eh-sis; eh-pee-KLAY-sis). Greek: ἐπίκλησις, “invocation.” In the eucharistic prayers of Rome and the East, a prayer that invokes the Holy Spirit upon the elements. This is considered the moment of consecration in the Eastern Orthodox rite. In LSB, the epiclesis is a prayer for the Holy Spirit to come upon the communicants to prepare them for worthy reception of the Sacrament of the Altar.
Epiphany
(ee-PIH-fuh-nee). Greek: επιψανεια, “manifestation.” The feast observed on January 6 commemorating Christ’s manifestation to the Gentiles in the visit of the Magi (Matthew 2). Originally, the primary emphasis of Epiphany was on Jesus’ Baptism, and it is considered a greater festival than the birth of Christ in Eastern Orthodox churches.
Epistle
Greek: ἐπιστολή, “letter” Liturgically, the reading that precedes the Gospel, usually taken from the twenty-two Epistles in the New Testament. Formerly applied indiscriminately to the first (of two) readings at the Divine Service regardless of its source. With the inclusion of an Old Testament reading, the Epistle is second and always from the Epistles.
Epistle side
The right side of the altar (as the congregation faces it), Also known as the “liturgical south” side, so-named for east-facing churches, where the altar is toward the east. This name derives from the ancient custom of reading the Epistle from this location. See Gospel side.
Eucharist
(YOU-kuh-rist). Greek: for the Lord’s εὐχαριστία, “thanksgiving.” One of the many terms Supper, it arises from the Lord’s own giving thanks (Luke 22:19) and the thanksgiving surrounding it in the Service of the Sacrament. The term “eucharistic” indicates of or pertaining to the Lord’s Supper” or its service.
