The corporal is an altar linen used in Christianity for the celebration of the Eucharist. Originally called corporax, from Latin corpus ("body"), it is a small square of white linen cloth; modern corporals are usually somewhat smaller than the width of the altar on which they are used, so that they can be placed flat on top of it when unfolded.

The purificator: this is a small linen cloth, approximately the size and shape of a handkerchief, that is used to dry the chalice, to wipe the paten and the rim of the chalice after a person has received from the chalice.

2020年9月15日 · A corporal is a linen cloth placed atop the altar cloth but beneath the chalice and paten used at Mass. Traditionally, the fabric is linen, as was that which wrapped the body of the Lord in the tomb; hence the name, too: corporal, from the Latin word corpus, “body.”

2019年2月26日 · A: Our reader is correct with respect to the use of the corporal whenever the Sacred Species under any form is to be placed on an altar or table. The corporal is a sacred cloth of white linen. It is usually around 20 inches square. When not in use it is usually folded three times in such a way as to form nine equal squares.

Corporal (from Lat. corpus, body), a square white linen cloth, now usually somewhat smaller than the breadth of an altar, upon which the Sacred Host and chalice are placed during the celebration of Mass.

2024年7月30日 · Corporals are small squares of white linen cloth used in Christianity for the celebration of the Eucharist. The word corporal is derived from the Latin word "corpus", meaning body. The use of corporals in Christian liturgy dates back to early Christianity, with references to linen altar cloths found in medieval texts.

A corporal is a white linen cloth spread on the altar, resting on top of the altar cloth. The corporal is not left on the altar but is taken to and taken from the altar at the appropriate times. At the beginning of the Liturgy of the Eucharist, a corporal is unfold-ed by the deacon or another minister and placed on the altar.

2016年2月2日 · It is also used whenever the Eucharist is placed upon the altar or some other worthy place. Thus a corporal is always used under the monstrance or ciborium.

The corporal is an altar linen used in Christianity for the celebration of the Eucharist. Originally called corporax, from Latin corpus ("body"), it is a small square of white linen cloth; modern corporals are usually somewhat smaller than the width of the altar on which they are used, so that they can be placed flat on top of it when unfolded.

CORPORAL. THE Corporal in its present form is a square piece of linen about the size of a handkerchief, folded in four parts, and having a small black cross worked near the middle of its anterior edge. It is spread out on the altar, at full length, at the beginning of Mass, and the Chalice is placed upon it.