Review article
https://doi.org/10.31337/oz.71.4.4
The Sanctus — Throughout History until Today: Text and Liturgy
Vinka Bešlić
orcid.org/0000-0003-2062-6812
; Comprehensive Spirituality Studies, zagreb, Croatia
Abstract
The Trisagion, the opening line of the Christian hymn of praise called the Sanctus,
is familiar also to the Hebrew practice of prayer, where it is used to include the community
in the laud of the angels. The Sanctus as we use it today is derived from the
following Bible excerpts: Is 6:3, Rev 4:8, Mt 21:9 and Ps 118, 25–25a. Already since
the fourth century, the Sanctus has had its place in the Eucharistic Prayer, preserved
by both the Churches of the East and of the West until this day. In the Roman Rite,
the community gathered for the celebration of the Eucharist exalts its Creator and
Redeemer at the end of the Preface of the Mass together with the Angels and Saints,
gives thanks to Him for his work of creation and redemption and declares His holiness,
power and glory. At the same time, in the Sanctus the community proclaims
Christ’s first coming, which filled heaven and earth with God’s glory, and awaits His
coming under the species of bread and wine, as also at the end of time, while it goes
forth to meet the Lord.
Keywords
Sanctus; hymn of praise; liturgy; Eucharistic Prayer; holiness; power and glory of God
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171028
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Publication date:
19.12.2016.
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