Presbyters Uniwersytet Warszawski
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ER 1743
Liber ordinum, the ritual in the use of the Church in Iberian Peninsula, probably representing the liturgy from the period between the 7th c. (or even the 6th c.) to 11th c., includes the rite of penance performed by a priest.
XXX. — ORDO PENITENTIE.
 
Si egrotans quis penitentiam cupit accipere, ingrediens sacerdos in primis detondit eum. Deinde communicat. Post hec, cooperit de cilicio, et sic faciat crucem de cinere, et dicit hunc responsum:
 
There follow the Antiphone, the verse and prayers for the penitent, then the antiphone and the psalm 50 (51) "Miserere mei Deus" sung responsorially up to the verse 13 ("Cast me not away"). Then follow three other prayers and the blessing. After the Lord's prayer the cilice is taken away and from that moment the penitent is suspended from the communion. If he or she is in a danger of death, the remaining part of the Psalm 50 (51) is sung. Afterwards the closing prayers and blessings are recited.
 
CASTIGATIO SACERDOTIS AD EVM QVI IAM PENITENTIAM ACCEPIT.
 
Accepta penitentia, iam admonet eum sacerdos his admonitionibus, dicens:
 
There follows the admonition of the priest describing the duties and the way of life of the penitent.
 
(ed. Férotin 1904: col. 87-93; summary M. Szada)
XXX. — THE RITE OF PENANCE.
  
If a sick person desires to receive penance, first a priest shall come and tonsure him/her. Then he gives him or her communion. Afterwards he covers him or her with a cilice, makes a sign of the cross with ash and says a following response:
 
There follow the Antiphone, the verse and prayers for the penitent, then the antiphone and the psalm 50 (51) "Miserere mei Deus" sung responsorially up to the verse 13 ("Cast me not away"). Then follow three other prayers and the blessing. After the Lord's prayer the cilice is taken away and from that moment the penitent is suspended from the communion. If he or she is in a danger of death, the remaining part of the Psalm 50 (51) is sung. Afterwards the closing prayers and blessings are recited.
 
AN ADMONITION OF THE PRIEST TO THE ONE ON WHOM PENANCE HAS ALREADY BEEN IMPOSED.
 
After receiving penance, the penitent is admonished by a priest in these words:
 
There follows the admonition of the priest describing the duties and the way of life of the penitent.
 
(trans. and summary M. Szada)
 
 

Place of event:

Region
  • Iberian Peninsula

About the source:

Title: Liber ordinum
Origin: Iberian Peninsula
Denomination: Catholic/Nicene/Chalcedonian
Liber ordinum is the ritual book used in the Old Spanish liturgy consisting of the various prayers and the sacramental rites performed by the priest or the bishop. It was edited in 1904 by Marius Férotin who based his edition on the four manuscripts - three codices from the monastery of Silos (Archivo del Monasterio, ms. 3 and 4), the first one from 1039 (cod. A in the edition of Férotin), the second from 1052 (cod. B), the third, Rituale antiquissimum, from the eleventh century; and the codex from Madrid, the so-called Manuale mozarabicum (cod. 56, formerly F.224, in the library of Real Academia de la Historia), also from the eleventh century. The copyists used different old books of the Old Spanish liturgy, and various texts included in these Libri ordinum might come from different periods. However, according to Férotin, who based his interpretation on internal evidence, most of it was composed in the sixth and seventh centuries. He dated only a few prayers (e.g. the exorcism of oil, no. 1) to the later period.
Edition:
M. Férotin, Le Liber ordinum en usage dans l’église wisigothique et mozarabe d’Espagne du cinquième au onzième siècle, Paris 1904.

Categories:

Described by a title - Sacerdos/ἱερεύς
    Ritual activity - Presiding at prayer
      Ritual activity - Reconciliation/Administering penance
        Ritual activity - Chanting
          Please quote this record referring to its author, database name, number, and, if possible, stable URL: M. Szada, Presbyters in the Late Antique West, ER1743, http://www.presbytersproject.ihuw.pl/index.php?id=6&SourceID=1743