The Canon Missae in Rupert of Deutz O.S.B.’S. Allegorical Interpretation
Waldemar Pałęcki
At the heart of celebration Eucharist is Eucharistic Prayer, during which mystery Christ made present. In Latin liturgy Western Church, for centuries priest always recited same Prayer at Holy Mass from Roman Canon. This oldest liturgical text was built symmetrically around words institution that Jesus spoke over bread and wine. The structure Canon itself shaped several centuries, but proper arrangement known already in 7th 8th centuries. has been basis theological interpretation individual texts, gestures signs. Particularly since Middle Ages, they were explained on their allegorical interpretation. way interpreting century consisted a moralizing, typological, commemorative, eschatic an anagogical presentation all rites. treatise Liber de divinis officiis by Rupert Deutz one most important texts dedicated to Ages. celebrations second book his work. first place, he points Passion’s Canon, moment entered Jerusalem His body being placed grave. Passion also emphasized sign cross time symbolizes wounds Christ. Deutz, part tradition Although did not discuss interpret its essential parts.
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