Elevation of the Host (2)
Elevation of the Host
The ceremony in the Mass according to the Roman Rite wherein, immediately after the Consecration of the Host, the celebrant raises It high enough to be seen and adored by the congregation. The most ancient mention of the Elevation is found in the synodal statutes of Eudes de Sully, Bishop of Paris (1196-1208), who introduced this practise, to protest against the erroneous opinion that the change of the bread into the Body of Christ was complete only after the Consecration of the chalice. There is a like Elevation of the chalice, which is first mentioned in the Ordo Romanus XIV (1311), the papal ceremonial of Pope Clement V. A bell is rung at each Elevation to call the attention of the faithful. Pius X granted an indulgence of seven years and seven quarantines (40 days) to all who look with piety, faith, and love upon the elevated Species.
Fuente: New Catholic Dictionary
Elevation of the Host
SEE HOST AND MASS.
Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
Elevation of the Host (2)
The lifting up of the paten and consecrated element of bread was instituted by pope Honorius III (cir. 1210), and he directed that it should be adored when elevated, or carried to the sick, the people reverently bowing. Casalius quotes as his authority for this custom Psa 72:16. Anastasius Sinaita alludes to this ceremony; and it appears as early as, perhaps, the fourth century in the Greek Church; it has been traced in England in the 11th, in France in the 12th, and in Germany and Italy before the 13th century. Thomas Aquinas and Bonaventura mention the elevation of the paten only; the elevation of the chalice was of later date. The ringing of little bells at this time was introduced by William of Paris, and generally enjoined by Gregory XI.