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OBLATION , an offering (See also:Late See also:Lat. oblatio, from offerre, oblatum, to offer), a See also:term, particularly in ecclesiastical usage, for a See also:solemn offering or presentation to See also:God. It is thus applied to certain parts of the Eucharistic service in the See also:Roman See also:- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
Church. There are " two oblations," the " lesser oblation," generally known as the " See also:offertory," in which the See also:bread and See also:wine yet unconsecrated are presented, and the " greater oblation," the " oblation " proper, forming the latter See also:part of the See also:prayer of See also:consecration, when the " See also:Body and See also:Blood " are ceremonially presented. The word " oblate " is an ecclesiastical term for persons who have devoted themselves or have been devoted as See also:children by their parents to a monastic See also:life. " Oblate " is more See also:familiar in the Roman Church as the name of a religious See also:congregation of See also:secular priests, the Oblate Fathers of St See also:Charles. They are placed under the See also:absolute authority of the See also:bishop of the See also:diocese in which they are established and can be employed by him on any duties he may think See also:fit. This congregation was founded in 1578 under the name of Oblates of the Blessed Virgin and St See also:Ambrose by St Charles See also:Borromeo, See also:archbishop of See also:Milan (see BORROMEO, CARLO). There is a similar congregation of secular priests, the Oblates of See also:Mary the Immaculate, founded at See also:Marseilles in 1815.
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