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Offline d15

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What does "Mass" mean?
« on: June 19, 2013, 03:08:03 PM »
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    • What does the word "Mass" mean, when referring to the Western liturgy (as opposed to the Eastern Catholic "Divine Liturgy")?  I'm told it was somehow derived from "Ite, missa est," but is there any deeper meaning to it?
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    Offline JohnAnthonyMarie

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    What does "Mass" mean?
    « Reply #1 on: June 19, 2013, 04:34:44 PM »
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    What does "Mass" mean?
    « Reply #2 on: June 20, 2013, 05:21:36 AM »
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    • From the Online Etymological Dictionary:
    "Eucharistic service," Old English mæsse, from Vulgar Latin *messa "eucharistic service," literally "dismissal," from Late Latin missa "dismissal," fem. past participle of mittere "to let go, send" (see mission); probably so called from the concluding words of the service, Ite, missa est, "Go, (the prayer) has been sent," or "Go, it is the dismissal."
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