Lexicon:Christe eleison ... kyrie eleison

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Actually originates from the Greek Orthodox liturgy
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The phrase originates from the Greek Orthodox liturgy, and is the only Greek found in the Roman Catholic mass and other services of the Western churches.
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AGB: Agreed.  My statement of origins is a little ambiguous -  most western Catholics recognize the formula as the solitary Greek snippet found in their traditional Latin Mass, rather than thinking of it as a borrowing from the unfamiliar - to them - wholly Greek rite.
 

Current revision as of 20:43, 5 January 2008

Citation: Christe eleison ... kyrie eleison
Language: Greek
References: Master and Commander, page 54
The Wine-Dark Sea, page 116
Meaning: Christ have mercy, Lord have mercy

Notes:

From the Latin Mass.

Additional information

The phrase originates from the Greek Orthodox liturgy, and is the only Greek found in the Roman Catholic mass and other services of the Western churches.




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