Eulogia

Eulogy ( gr εὐλογία, literally, " good word " figurative meaning " blessing ") is a theological term that is used in both the New Testament scholarship and in the liturgy.

New Testament

In the New Testament interpretation of the eulogy is as a literary form part of the early Christian Briefpräskripts. The traditional in the New Testament letters keep mainly to the ancient letter form, ie Beginning and end of a letter followed by a solid form. The start of the letter is the prescript, which contains the name of the sender ( Superscriptio for piccolo ), the name of the addressee ( adscriptio ) and a greeting ( salutatio ) in the form " X says Y: Hello!" In the New Testament epistles now follows the proem, a thanksgiving to the addressees community, or a eulogy. The eulogy comes from the Jewish Blessings ago, beginning with baruch Hashem, in Greek, translated by eulogetós ho theos, hence the name.

In contrast to the proem that appeals to the addressee directly (and sometimes also advertises to their benevolence ), the eulogy of the liturgical language here is shaped and does not have the letter recipient, but God in view.

Liturgics

In the liturgy is meant by eulogy that - in contrast to the consecrated bread of the Communion - after the celebration of the Eucharist at the present believers ( also for the catechumens, as Augustine of Hippo reported ) handed out blessed bread as a symbol of unity and love of the Eucharist Sacrament. Over the centuries this custom fell more and more into disuse, but has survived in some places, most notably in the area of the Eastern Churches (see Anti Doron ).