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Re: OT: Opinions wanted: person of vocatives

From:Peter Bleackley <peter.bleackley@...>
Date:Friday, July 4, 2003, 15:53
Staving Constentin Cornomorus:
>--- Tristan <kesuari@...> wrote: > > > East? Why east? > >Tradition? Many older christian churches face >eastwards. Cetainly not all. > >Anyway, the point was that the priest should be >every bit the worshipper and should face the same >direction as his fellows. The new direction puts >the priest very much in the place of Jesus, >facing the people. >
Thus symbolising, quite correctly, that Christ is present in the priest in the miracle of Consecration. Pete