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epiclesis Liturgiol.|ɛpɪˈkliːsɪs|
Also epiklesis.
[Gr. ἐπίκλησις, f. ἐπικαλεῖν to call upon, invoke.]
A part of the prayer of consecration in which the presence of the Holy Spirit is invoked to bless the eucharistic elements, or the communicants, or both.
[1832W. Palmer Orig. Liturg. II. 134 The immediate or proper prayer of consecration..may be divided into two particulars: first, the prayer itself, or ἐπίκλησις, in the language of the primitive church; and secondly, the commemoration of our Lord's deeds and words at the last supper.] 1878Encycl. Brit. VIII. 653/2 In Quæstio 107 it is laid down that immediately on the pronunciation of the Epiclesis, transubstantiation takes place. 1912[see anamnesis b]. 1925Contemp. Rev. Oct. 426 Many Anglo-Catholics desire the introduction of the Epiklesis, or Invocation of the Holy Spirit, at the time of the consecration of the elements. 1959J. Gill Council of Florence viii. 272 The problem as to whether it is the dominical words or the epiclesis in the Liturgy that should be deemed to effect the mystery. 1966Cath. Dict. Theol. II. 226/2 There are epikleses with a similar drift in old Gallican liturgies. |