See also:

• VIATICUM (a Latin word meaning " provision for a journey"; Gr. rd E1xe&a)

VIATICUM (a Latin word meaning " See also:

• PROVISION (Lat. provisio)

provision for a See also:

• JOURNEY (through O. Fr. jornee or journee, mod. Fr. journee, from med. Lat. diurnata, Lat. diurnus, of or belonging to dies, day)

journey"; Gr. rd E1xe&a)  , is often used by See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early See also:

• CHRISTIAN
• CHRISTIAN, WILLIAM (1608-1663)

Christian writers to denote the See also:

• SACRAMENT

sacrament of the See also:

• EUCHARIST (Gr. evXapurria, thanksgiving)

Eucharist, and is sometimes also applied to See also:

• BAPTISM

baptism . Ultimately it came to be employed in a restricted sense to denote the last communion given to the dying . The 13th See also:

• CANON

canon of the See also:

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

council of See also:

• NICAEA, COUNCIL OF
• NICAEA, or NICE

Nicaea is to the effect that " none, even of the lapsed, shall be deprived of the last and most necessary See also:

• VIATICUM (a Latin word meaning " provision for a journey"; Gr. rd E1xe&a)

viaticum (i0obiov)," and that the 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, on examination, is to give the See also:

• OBLATION

oblation to all who See also:

• DESIRE

desire to partake of the Eucharist on the point of See also:

• DEATH

death . The same principle still rules the canon 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, it being of course understood that See also:

• PENITENTIAL (Lat. poenitentiale, libellus poenitentialis, &c.)

penitential discipline, which in See also:

• ORDINARY (med. Lat. ordinarius, Fr. ordinaire)

ordinary circumstances would have been due for their offence, is to be undergone by lapsed persons who have thus received the viaticum, in the event of recovery . In extreme cases it is lawful to administer the viaticum to persons not See also:

• FASTING (from " fast," derived from old Teutonic fastejan; synonyms being the Gr. vnorebety, late Lat. jejunare)

fasting, and the same See also:

• PERSON, OFFENCES AGAINST THE

person may receive it frequently if his illness be prolonged . The See also:

• RITUAL (from Lat. ritus, a custom, especially a religious rite or custom)

ritual to be observed in its See also:

• ADMINISTRATION (Lat. administrare, to serve)

administration does not differ from that laid down in the 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 communion of the sick, except in the words of the See also:

• FORMULA
• FORMULA (Lat. diminutive of forma, shape, pattern, &c., especially used of rules of judicial procedure)

formula, which is " accipe, carissime See also:

• FRATER, FRATER HOUSE

frater (carissima soror), viaticum corporis nostri Jesu Christi, quod te custodiat ab See also:

• HOSTE, SIR WILLIAM (178o-1828)

hoste maligno, protegat te, et perducat te ad vitam aeternam . See also:

• AMEN

Amen." After-wards the See also:

• PRIEST (Ger. Priester, Fr. pretre)

priest rinses his fingers in a little See also:

• WATER

water, which the communicant drinks . The viaticum is given before extreme See also:

• UNCTION (Lat. unctio, anointing, ungere, unguere, to smear with ointment, to anoint; cf. " ointment," O.Fr. oignement, from oigner, mod. oindre, to anoint)

unction, a reversal of the See also:

• MEDIEVAL

medieval practice due to the importance of receiving the Eucharist while the mind is still clear . In the early centuries the sick, like those in See also:

• HEALTH

health, generally received both kinds, though there are instances of the viaticum being given under one See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form only, sometimes the See also:

• BREAD

bread and sometimes, where swallowing was difficult, the See also:

• WINE (Lat. vinum, Gr. oivos)

wine . In times of persecution laymen occasionally carried the viaticum to the sick, a practice that persisted into the 9th See also:

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

century, and deacons continued to do so even after the Council of See also:

• ANSA (from Lat. ansa, a handle)

Ansa (near See also:

• LYONS
• LYONS (Fr. Lyon)
• LYONS, COUNCILS OF
• LYONS, EDMUND LYONS, BARON (1790-1858)
• LYONS, RICHARD BICKERTON PEMELL LYONS, 1ST EARL (1817–1887)

Lyons) in 990 restricted the See also:

• FUNCTION

function to priests .