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People's altar
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[[File:Choir_stalls,_Notre_Dame,_Paris,_ZM.JPG|thumbnail|Modern ''people's altar'' in [[Notre Dame de Paris]]]]
The term '''people's altar''' is generally used to refer to the free-standing [[Altar in the Catholic Church|altar in Catholic churches]], where the priest celebrates the Eucharistic part of [[Holy Mass]] turned towards the faithful ''([[versus populum]]),'' so that those who join in the celebration can experience themselves as gathered around the altar. As a result of the [[Liturgical Movement]] in the 19th and early 20th centruy and the (now sometimes disputed<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>) work of [[Theodor Klauser]]<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> and [[Otto Nußbaum]]<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>, people's altars where set up especially after the [[liturgical reform]] ([[Inter Oecumenici]], No. 91)<ref></ref> following the [[Second Vatican Council]] and became ″the symbol of the new liturgy″<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>.
Catholics consider it as the "center of the thanksgiving that is accomplished through the Eucharist".<ref></ref> If a people's altar is a fixed, consecrated altar, it is regarded as the actual main altar ''(altar maius,'' [[high altar]]) of the church, even if the high altar, standing against the [[Apse|apsidal wall]] and formerly used for worship, is still located in the church, for example due to its artistic value.<ref></ref>
==Notes==
[[Category:Catholic liturgy]]
[[Category:Eucharistic objects]]
The term '''people's altar''' is generally used to refer to the free-standing [[Altar in the Catholic Church|altar in Catholic churches]], where the priest celebrates the Eucharistic part of [[Holy Mass]] turned towards the faithful ''([[versus populum]]),'' so that those who join in the celebration can experience themselves as gathered around the altar. As a result of the [[Liturgical Movement]] in the 19th and early 20th centruy and the (now sometimes disputed<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>) work of [[Theodor Klauser]]<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> and [[Otto Nußbaum]]<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>, people's altars where set up especially after the [[liturgical reform]] ([[Inter Oecumenici]], No. 91)<ref></ref> following the [[Second Vatican Council]] and became ″the symbol of the new liturgy″<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>.
Catholics consider it as the "center of the thanksgiving that is accomplished through the Eucharist".<ref></ref> If a people's altar is a fixed, consecrated altar, it is regarded as the actual main altar ''(altar maius,'' [[high altar]]) of the church, even if the high altar, standing against the [[Apse|apsidal wall]] and formerly used for worship, is still located in the church, for example due to its artistic value.<ref></ref>
==Notes==
[[Category:Catholic liturgy]]
[[Category:Eucharistic objects]]
April 13, 2019 at 08:36PM
