Le Sang du Christ : sang eucharistique ou sang relique ?

There is an intriguing coincidence between the moment when the Latin Church abandoned the rite of receiving communion wine and the development of the cult of the "natural" precious Blood relic, of Christ on the cross. Might there be a link between the two phenomena? It is precisely in the...

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Main Author: Marc Venard
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Language:English
Published: OpenEdition 2009-06-01
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description There is an intriguing coincidence between the moment when the Latin Church abandoned the rite of receiving communion wine and the development of the cult of the "natural" precious Blood relic, of Christ on the cross. Might there be a link between the two phenomena? It is precisely in the twelfth century, when the devotion of the Precious Blood [relic] at Fécamp develops, that the latin Church terminates the practise of receiving communion wine. In the knowledge that the devotion of the Holy Blood widely expands in the twelfth century, the question arises whether this evolution more or less derived from the abandonment of the practise of receiving communion wine.
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Le Sang du Christ : sang eucharistique ou sang relique ?
Tabularia
relics
chalice
Christ
communion
crucifixion
protestant reformation
title Le Sang du Christ : sang eucharistique ou sang relique ?
title_full Le Sang du Christ : sang eucharistique ou sang relique ?
title_fullStr Le Sang du Christ : sang eucharistique ou sang relique ?
title_full_unstemmed Le Sang du Christ : sang eucharistique ou sang relique ?
title_short Le Sang du Christ : sang eucharistique ou sang relique ?
title_sort le sang du christ sang eucharistique ou sang relique
topic relics
chalice
Christ
communion
crucifixion
protestant reformation
url https://journals.openedition.org/tabularia/1128
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