FEAST OF CORPUS CHRISTI (See also:

• LAT

Lat. festum corporis Christi, i.e. festival of the See also:

• BODY

Body of See also:

• CHRIST (Gr. X pLQTOS, Anointed)
• CHRIST, WILHELM VON (1831-1906)

Christ, Fr. fete-Dieu or f ete du sacrement, Ger. Frohnleichnamsfest)  , a festival of the See also:

• ROMAN

Roman See also:

• CATHOLIC (Gr. KcaBoXuK6s, general, universal)

Catholic 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 in See also:

• HONOUR (Lat. honos or lwnor, honoris; in English the word was spelled with or without the u indifferently until the 17th century, but during the 18th century it became fashion-able to spell the word " honor "; Johnson's and Webster's Dictionaries stereoty

honour of the Real Presence of See also:

• CHRIST (Gr. X pLQTOS, Anointed)
• CHRIST, WILHELM VON (1831-1906)

Christ in the See also:

• SACRAMENT

sacrament of the See also:

• ALTAR (Lat. altare, from alias, high; some ancient etymological guesses are recorded by St Isidore of Seville in Etymologiae xv. 4)

altar, observed on the first See also:

• THURSDAY

Thursday after Trinity See also:

• SUNDAY

Sunday . The See also:

• DOCTRINE

doctrine of See also:

• TRANSUBSTANTIATION

transubstantiation was defined by the Lateran See also:

• COUNCIL (Lat. concilium, from cum, together, and the root cal, to call)

Council in 1215, and shortly afterwards the See also:

• ELEVATION

elevation and See also:

• ADORATION (Lat. ad, to, and os, mouth; i.e. " carrying to one's mouth ")

adoration of the See also:

• HOST

Host were formally enjoined . This naturally stimulated the popular devotion to the Blessed Sacrament, which had been already widespread before the See also:

• DEFINITION (Lat. definitio, from de-finire, to set limits to, describe)

definition of the See also:

• DOGMA (Gr. Sbypa, from b6aeiv, to seem; literally " that which seems, sc. good or true or useful " to any one)

dogma . The See also:

• MOVEMENT

movement was especially strong in the See also:

• DIOCESE (formed on Fr. diocese, in place of the Eng. form diocess—current until the 19th century—from Lat. dioecesis, med. Lat. variant diocesis, from Gr. Swucio•tc, " house-keeping," " administration," &miceas, " to keep house," " to govern ")

diocese of See also:

• LIEGE
• LIEGE (Walloon, Lige, Flemish, Luik, Ger. Lilltich)

Liege, and when Julienne, prioress of Mont-Cornillon near Liege (1222-1258), had a See also:

• VISION (from Lat. videre, to see), or SIGHT

vision in which the need for the See also:

• ESTABLISHMENT (0. Fr. establissement, Fr. etablissement, late Norm. Fr. establishement, from O. Fr. establir, Fr. etablir, Lat. stabilire, to make stable)

establishment of a festival in honour of the Sacrament was revealed to her, the See also:

• MATTER

matter was taken up with See also:

• ENTHUSIASM

enthusiasm by the See also:

• CLERGY (M.E. clergie, O. Fr. clergie, from Low Lat. form clericia [Skean, by assimilation with O. Fr. clergie, Fr. clerge,from Low Lat. clericatus)
• CLERGY, BENEFIT OF

clergy, and in 1246 See also:

• ROBERT
• ROBERT (1275—1343)
• ROBERT, HUBERT (1753-1808)
• ROBERT, LOUIS LEOPOLD (1794-1835)

Robert de Torote, See also:

• BISHOP (A.S. bisceop, from Lat. episcopus, Gr. irio-Korros, " overlooker " or " overseer ")
• BISHOP, ISABELLA (1832-1904)
• BISHOP, SIR HENRY ROWLEY (1786-1855)

bishop of Liege, instituted such a festival for his diocese . The See also:

• IDEA (Gr. Ibia, connected with i&eiv, to see; cf. Lat. species from specere, to look at)

idea, however, did not spread until, in 1261, See also:

• JACOB
• JACOB, JOHN (1812-1858)

Jacob Pantaleon, See also:

• ARCHDEACON (Lat. archidiaconus, Gr. &oxt3tauovor)

archdeacon of Liege, ascended the papal See also:

• THRONE

throne as See also:

• URBAN
• URBAN (Urbanus)

Urban IV . By a See also:

• BULL
• BULL, GEORGE (1634–1710)
• BULL, JOHN (c. 1562–1628)
• BULL, OLE BORNEMANN (18ro-188o)

bull of 1264 Urban made the festival, hitherto practically confined to the diocese of Liege, obligatory on the whole Church,' and a new See also:

• OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")

office for the festival was written by See also:

• THOMAS
• THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
• THOMAS (d. 110o)
• THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
• THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
• THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
• THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
• THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
• THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
• THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
• THOMAS, ST
• THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
• THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)

Thomas See also:

• AQUINAS, THOMAS [Thomas of AQUIN or AQUINO], (c 1227--1274)

Aquinas himself . As yet the stress was laid on reverence for the See also:

• HOLY

Holy Sacrament as a whole; there is no mention in Urban's bull of the See also:

• SOLEMN (Lat. sollemnis, sollemnis, less correctly solennis, yearly, annual; from sollus = totus, whole, entire, Gr. Mos., and annus, year)

solemn procession and exposition of the Host for the adoration of the faithful, which are the See also:

• MAIN (from the Aryan root which appears in " may " and " might," and Lat. magnus, great)
• MAIN (Lat. Moenus)

main features of the festival as at See also:

• PRESENT

present celebrated . Urban's bull was once more promulgated, at the council of See also:

• VIENNE
• VIENNE, COUNCIL OF

Vienne in 1311, by ' The See also:

• POPE (Gr. irarraas, post-classical Lat. papa, father)
• POPE, ALEXANDER (1688–1744)
• POPE, ALEXANDER (1763-1835)
• POPE, JANE (1742-1818)
• POPE, JOHN (1822-1892)
• POPE, SIR THOMAS (c. 1507-1559)

pope's decision, so the See also:

• STORY, JOHN (c. 1510-1571)
• STORY, JOSEPH (1779-1845)
• STORY, ROBERT HERBERT (1835-1907)
• STORY, WILLIAM WETMORE (1819—1895)

story goes, was hastened by a See also:

• MIRACLE (Lat. miraculum, from mirari, to wonder)

miracle . A See also:

• PRIEST (Ger. Priester, Fr. pretre)

priest, saying See also:

• MASS (O.E. maesse; Fr. messe; Ger. Messe; Ital. messa; from eccl. Lat. missa)
• MASS, IN

mass at the church of See also:

• SANTA

Santa See also:

• CHRISTINA (1626–1689)
• CHRISTINA [MARIA CHRISTINA HENRIETTA DESIREE FELICITE RENIERE]

Christina at See also:

• BOLSENA (anc. Volsinii)

Bolsena, was troubled, after the See also:

• CONSECRATION (Lat. consecrallo, from con and sacrare, " to make sacred ")

consecration, with See also:

• GRAVE

grave doubts as to the truth of the doctrine of transubstantiation . His temptation was removed by the Host beginning to bleed, the See also:

• BLOOD

blood soaking through the See also:

• CORPORAL

corporal into the See also:

• MARBLE (from Lat. marmor, Gr. pApµapos, shining stone)

marble of the altar . From this See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time onwards the festival increased in popularity and in splendour . It became in effect the See also:

• PRINCIPAL

principal feast of the Church, the procession of the Sacrament a gorgeous See also:

• PAGEANT

pageant, in which not only the members of the See also:

• TRADE (O. Eng. trod, footstep, from tredan, to tread; in M. Eng. the forms teed, trod and trade appear, the last in the sense of a beaten track)
• TRADE, BOARD OF

trade and See also:

• CRAFT (a word common to Teutonic languages for strength, or power; cf. Ger. Kraft)

craft See also:

• GILDS, or GUILDS

gilds, with the magistrates of the cities, took See also:

• PART

part, but princes and sovereigns .

It thus became in a high degree symbolical of the exaltation of the sacerdotal See also:

• POWER [WILLIAM GRATTAN] TYRONE (1797-1841)

power.2 In the 15th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century the See also:

• CUSTOM (from O. Fr. costume, costume or coustume; Low Lat. costuma, a shortened form of consuetudo)

custom became almost universal of following the procession with the performance of miracle-plays and mysteries, generally arranged and acted by members of the gilds who had formed part of the pageant . The rejection of the doctrine of transubstantiation at the See also:

• REFORMATION
• REFORMATION, THE

Reformation naturally involved the suppression of the festival of Corpus Christi in the reformed Churches . See also:

• LUTHER, MARTIN (1483-1546)

Luther, in spite of his belief in the Real Presence, regarded it as the most harmful of all the See also:

• MEDIEVAL

medieval festivals and, though he fully realized its popularity, it was the first that he abolished . This attitude of the reformers towards the festival, however, intensified by their abhorrence of the See also:

• TRAFFIC

traffic in indulgences with which it had become closely associated, only tended to establish it more firmly among the adherents of the " old See also:

• RELIGION
• RELIGION, FOLKLORE, CUSTOM

religion." The procession of the Host on Corpus Christi See also:

• DAY (O. Eng. dreg, Ger. Tag; according to the New English Dictionary, " in no way related to the Lat. dies")
• DAY, JOHN (1574-1640?)
• DAY, THOMAS (1748-1789)

day became, as it were, a public demonstration of Catholic orthodoxy against Protestantism and later against religious Liberalism . In most countries where religious See also:

• OPINION (Lat. opinio, from opinari, to think)

opinion is sharply divided the procession of Corpus Christi is therefore now forbidden, even when Catholicism is the dominant religion, In See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England occasional breaches of the See also:

• LAW
• LAW (0. Eng. lagu, M. Eng. lawe; from an old Teutonic root lag, " lie," what lies fixed or evenly; cf. Lat. lex, Fr. loi)
• LAW, JOHN (1671—1729)
• LAW, WILLIAM (1686-1761)

law in this respect have been for some time tolerated, as in the See also:

• CASE
• CASE, JOHN (d. 1600)

case of the Corpus Christi procession annually held by the See also:

• ITALIAN

Italian community in See also:

• LONDON

London . An See also:

• ATTEMPT (Lat. adtemptare, attentare, to try)

attempt to hold a public procession of the Host in connexion with the Eucharistic See also:

• CONGRESS (Lat. congressus, coming together, from congredi; cum, with, and gradus, step)

Congress at See also:

• WESTMINSTER
• WESTMINSTER, MARQUESSES AND DUKES OF
• WESTMINSTER, STATUTES OF
• WESTMINSTER, SYNODS OF

Westminster in 1908, however, was the See also:

• SIGNAL

signal for the outburst of a considerable amount of opposition, and was eventually abandoned owing to the See also:

• PERSONAL

personal intervention of the See also:

• PRIME, PRIMER AND PRIMING

prime See also:

• MINISTER (Lat. minister, servant)

minister .