Epiclesis - Epiclesis

Japanese: エピクレシス - えぴくれしす
Epiclesis - Epiclesis

…The Church is the people of God called together, as it is called in Greek ekklēsia (meaning "assembly"); the liturgy is a common offering and confession of faith that the people of God make to God, commemorating his works; this power of calling, remembering, commemorating, offering, and witnessing is considered to be the power of the Holy Spirit. The work of the Holy Spirit in the liturgy is called epiklēsis (the power to call), and the effects of the sacraments are nothing but the results of the work of the Holy Spirit under certain words and signs. The liturgy is also called "divine service" because it is a worship offered to God, as the Eastern Orthodox Church calls it, but at the same time, this also means that God acts on and serves humans. …

[From the Council of Florence]

In addition to the above three issues, the discussion covered the following topics: (1) the concept of purgatorium, which is unique to Latin theology; (2) the Eastern Orthodox epiklēsis (the prayer to the Holy Spirit by the priest that the bread and wine may be converted into the body and blood of Christ, in addition to the phrase "This is my body. This is my blood" in Mark 14); and (3) the relationship between the essence and work of God in hesychasmos, which became an issue within the Eastern Orthodox Church in the 14th century.

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "epiclesis" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…教会はギリシア語でekklēsia(〈集会〉の意)と呼ばれるように,呼び集められた神の民であり,典礼はこの神の民が神の業を記念し,神にささげる共同の奉献であり信仰告白であるが,この呼び集める力,思い起こし記念する力,ささげる力,あかしする力は聖霊の力と考えられる。典礼におけるこの聖霊の働きは,エピクレシスepiklēsis(呼び求める力(こと))と呼ばれ,秘跡(サクラメント)の効果は,一定のことばとしるしのもとにおけるこの聖霊の働きの成果にほかならない。典礼は,東方正教会で〈奉神礼〉と呼ぶように,神にささげる礼拝であるから〈神奉仕〉ともいわれるが,同時にこれは,神が人間に働きかけ,奉仕することも意味している。…

【フィレンツェ公会議】より

… 討論は懸案の上記3点のほか,以下の諸議題にわたった。それは,(1)ラテン神学固有の〈煉獄purgatorium〉,(2)東方正教会のエピクレシスepiklēsis(《マルコによる福音書》14章にみる〈これは私のからだである。……これは私の血である〉に加えてさらに,聖霊に向かって聖職者が行うところの,パンとブドウ酒が,キリストの体と血にかえられるようにとの祈り),(3)14世紀に東方正教会内で問題となったヘシュカスモスにおける,神の本質と働きの関係,の三つであった。…

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