Zum Auftreten der Einsetzungsworte auf Kelch und Patene seit dem 10. Jh.
On the appearance of the words of institution on chalice and paten since the 10th century

Summary/Abstract: The tradition of engraving words of institution on chalices and patens begins in the second third of the 10th century. It begins with some particularly valuable specimens that are probably related to Patriarch Theophylact. At the same time as Theophylact issued a dogmatic reply to Tsar Peter I, in which the orthodox teaching about the Eucharist was sharpened and the cross was defended as a symbol of salvation, a paten made from nearly pure gold and decorated merely by a cross and the words of institution was sent to the Bulgarian capital Preslav. This leads to the following hypotheses: 1) A confrontation with the dualist heresies believed to have been exterminated gave an impetus to introduce a new inscription form for chalices and patens. 2) It was the persistence of the heresy that gave rise to a new tradition.

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