Interesting. We certainly don't worship the mass, we worship at Mass. At a quick search, I found that the word "Mass" came from the Latin word "Missa", which I think means something along the line of "sent out". Someone with a background in Latin would know better than I would. Either way, I don't know how the word "mass" makes us anti-Bible.

 

You are correct. It is a derivation of the noun "missio" which is a dismissal. It makes a lot more sense if you regularly attend a Tridentine Mass in Latin. The last words a priest utters are "Ite, missa est" which literally translates to "Go, it is sent." It is both a recognition of the sacrament that just occurred and a sending forth. It is interesting, but not unprecedented in the Church, for a small and relatively unimportant part of a thing to become the name for the entire proceedings; the example I've heard is "Confession," another sacrament in the Church named for only a small part. It would probably be better served in the modern world to name the sacrament to "Forgiveness" or "Absolution" or anything else... but in a 2,000 year old church, there are a great many antiquities.

 

As I said above, it is a sending forth. A lot of Protestants don't like all the Latin terms used in the everyday language of the Church. But Christ certainly told Christians to do certain things and then sent us out to spread the word. We have names for all of them in Latin because that was the language that all literate people could understand for more than 1,500 years. We could change it to "Eucharistic Liturgy" tomorrow and it would be no different. It is just a name.

You are correct. It is a derivation of the noun "missio" which is a dismissal. It makes a lot more sense if you regularly attend a Tridentine Mass in Latin. The last words a priest utters are "Ite, missa est" which literally translates to "Go, it is sent." It is both a recognition of the sacrament that just occurred and a sending forth. It is interesting, but not unprecedented in the Church, for a small and relatively unimportant part of a thing to become the name for the entire proceedings; the example I've heard is "Confession," another sacrament in the Church named for only a small part. It would probably be better served in the modern world to name the sacrament to "Forgiveness" or "Absolution" or anything else... but in a 2,000 year old church, there are a great many antiquities.

 

As I said above, it is a sending forth. A lot of Protestants don't like all the Latin terms used in the everyday language of the Church. But Christ certainly told Christians to do certain things and then sent us out to spread the word. We have names for all of them in Latin because that was the language that all literate people could understand for more than 1,500 years. We could change it to "Eucharistic Liturgy" tomorrow and it would be no different. It is just a name.

Thanks for the clarification.

 

I actually attended my first Latin mass (well, since I was like 7) the other week. It is certainly accurate to say that I had absolutely no idea what was going on. It was cool how reverent it was though.

I attend Mass every Sunday and Holy Days and also some weekday mornings when I am able to . I am a Lector, that is I sometimes do the readings at Sunday Mass . I am also a Eucharistic Minister commissioned by the Bishop and have been since the early 1980's , I help the Priest distribute The Body of Christ and the Precious Blood many Sundays . To me helping at Mass is very fulfilling spiritually . I can't imagine being a member of any other faith and would never consider leaving The Catholic Church .

I attend every worship service on Sunday/nite/wednesday nite. I have taught Sunday school for over 10 years. I visit members who are sick at home and in the hospitial. I make calls to visitors to our church on the phone and in home. I give talks at church groups. I've debated preachers of other faiths on the radio. I'll never leave my Christian Southern Baptist Church. And I have issues with several other religions including The Catholic.

 

I also want and need to do so much more for my church.

I went to one and rather enjoyed it. It didn't come close to making me want to be Catholic but from a historical standpoint it was very interesting to see the traditions in the Mass I attended. It also didn't hurt that I went with a pretty girl I was dating at the time.

I attend every worship service on Sunday/nite/wednesday nite. I have taught Sunday school for over 10 years. I visit members who are sick at home and in the hospitial. I make calls to visitors to our church on the phone and in home. I give talks at church groups. I've debated preachers of other faiths on the radio. I'll never leave my Christian Southern Baptist Church. And I have issues with several other religions including The Catholic.

I also want and need to do so much more for my church.

 

 

That's alright I have issues with Southern Baptists

^I just have issues...:idunno::isurrender::lol:

AllTell...I do too. :idunno:

 

I'll do a thread on what they are someday....(my Church)