Marcina Białobrzeskiego Kazanie o przyjmowaniu ciała i krwie Pana Jezu Krysta pod jedną osobą
Marcin Białobrzeski’s Kazanie o przyjmowaniu ciała i krwie Pana Jezu Krysta pod jedną osobą (A Sermon on the Reception of the Body and Blood of Lord Jesus Christ under One Kind)

Summary/Abstract: The objective of this edition of Marcin Białobrzeski’s Kazanie o przyjmowaniu ciała i krwie Pana Jezu Krysta pod jedną osobą is to remind an important voice in the discussion between Catholics and Protestants about the manner of receiving the sacrament of the Eucharist under one or two kinds. Beginning with Jan Hus, one of the postulates raised by the supporters of the reform of the Catholic Church was to introduce the practice of administering Holy Communion to the laity under two kinds, to which the Catholic Church’s legislation opposed. In Protestant communities, the Eucharist was administered under both kinds and lay Catholics also demanded the introduction of this practice. In 1578, in response to ever more frequent postulates, bishop Marcin Białobrzeski gave the Good Thursday sermon in Kamieniec Podolski, in which he explained to the audience the reasons why Catholics were administered Holy Communion under one kind only. The sermon was written down and published a year later in Cracow in the press house of Andrzej Piotrkowczyk, and next included in a collection of his sermons entitled Postylla ortodoxa (1581) as a sermon for Good Thursday.

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