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Versus populum

Versus populum (Latin for "towards the people") is the liturgical stance of a priest who, while celebrating Mass, faces the people from the other side of the altar. The opposite stance, that of a priest facing in the same direction as the people, is today called ad orientem (literally, "towards the east" − even if the priest is really facing in some…

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Versus populum

Nodes63
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Triples104
Avg. degree1.97
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related to Anglican · 31
Versus populum → Anglican Communion, Archbishop Laud's, Bishopsgate, Book, By, Cathedrals, Century Churches, Chapels Royal, Church, City, Common Prayer, Elizabethan, England, For, Holy Eucharist, It, Laud, Laudian, London, Palladian
related to Evangelical-Lutheran · 24
Versus populum → Brugh, Christ, Christians, Despite, Deutsche Messe, Divine Service, Dr, ELCA, Evangelical Lutheran Worship, Evangelical-Lutheran German Mass, God's, Gordon, In, In ELCA, Lathrop, Lorraine, Luther, Lutheran, Many Lutherans, Martin Luther
related to Disputation · 20
Versus populum → Bishop, Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, Catholics, Christian, Christianity, Church's, Edward Slattery, First, God, He, Liturgy, Lord, Mass, On, Pope Benedict XVI, Roman Catholic Diocese, Secondly, The Spirit, Thirdly, Tulsa
related to Roman Rite · 11
Versus populum → Catholic Church, Eucharist, Guardini, In, Its, Kuehn, Mass, Robert, Roman Rite, Romano Guardini, The
related to Pius Parsch · 9
Versus populum → Austria, Gertrude's, Mass, Parsch, St, The Augustinian Canon Pius, Versus, While, World War
related to External list · 4
Versus populum → Media, Versus, Wikimedia Commons, Wiktionary-logo-en-v2

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altar people priest churches mass church versus populum roman altars facing east century table ad orientem built liturgical celebration face

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All Saintsinstance ofand the various Oxford Movement churches0.80text
Margaret Streetinstance ofand the various Oxford Movement churches0.80text
St Cyprian'sinstance ofand the various Oxford Movement churches0.80text
Clarence Gate by Comperinstance ofand the various Oxford Movement churches0.80text
built to a Sarum Rite idealinstance ofand the various Oxford Movement churches0.80text
Versus populumrelated to AnglicanFor0.60section
Versus populumrelated to AnglicanReformation0.60section
Versus populumrelated to AnglicanChurch0.60section
Versus populumrelated to AnglicanEngland0.60section
Versus populumrelated to AnglicanAnglican Communion0.60section
Versus populumrelated to AnglicanHoly Eucharist0.60section
Versus populumrelated to AnglicanBook0.60section

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