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  • As the congregation stands and sings the entrance song,

  • the acolytes, deacon, priest and other ministers

  • move from the back of the Church and slowly advance towards the altar in an ordered ceremonial fashion.

  • The origins of this entrance procession date back at least to the 4th century

  • a time when Christianity evolved from being an oppressed minority

  • to serving as the official religion of the Roman Empire.

  • For its first 300 years, Christianity saw many of its faithful sentenced to imperially sanctioned execution.

  • It was Constantine the Greatthe first Christian emperorwho ended the persecution in 313.

  • He financed an ambitious church building program to accommodate the swelling number of believers.

  • Constantine searched for an appropriate architectural style to employ in erecting worship space for the emancipated faith.

  • Because of its obvious pagan association, the typical religious structure of the day,

  • the open-air temple, was found unsuitable.

  • Constantine's engineers chose to follow a secular architectural model

  • that predated Christianity, and was common to most imperial cities since the second century B.C.

  • Through a novel use of building methods and materials,

  • the Roman Basilica offered an immense interior space with optimal lighting ideal for accommodating massive assemblies.

  • Today, "basilica" is a title given by the Pope to certain churches that are remarkable for antiquity or historical associations

  • such as St. Peter's Basilica in Rome,

  • Saint Mark's Basilica in Venice,

  • or The Basilica of St. Francis in Assisi.

  • But before Christianity was legalized, the term "basilica" had no religious significance whatsoever.

  • The word was architectural, not ecclesial.

  • It referred to a wide, oblong building, utilized by the Romans to hold public civic functions,

  • much like a municipal building would be used today.

  • When holding court, Roman Magistrates would dress in the narthex,

  • then travel in procession through the navethe central part of the building

  • and arrive at the semicircular apse which contained an elevated platform known as the "tribunal."

  • The praetor officiated the court proceedings from his curule seat.

  • The Roman code of law was nearby enshrined on a large table.

  • From the tribunal, civil and criminal disputes would be settled, and legal judgements rendered.

  • After basilicas were adopted as the architectural standard for Christian worship,

  • what was once the praetor's chair was replaced by the Bishop's Cathedra.

  • The table with the code of law became the altar with the Gospel Book,

  • and the long judicial march down the center of the basilica inspired the entrance procession which begins today's liturgy.

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As the congregation stands and sings the entrance song,

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羅馬天主教彌撒入場隊伍解釋 (Roman Catholic Mass Entrance procession explained)

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    Carl Lee 發佈於 2021 年 01 月 14 日
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