Mass (liturgy) - Mass in Anglicanism

Mass in Anglicanism

See also: Anglican Eucharistic theology and Book of Common Prayer

"Mass" is one of many terms used to describe the Eucharist in the Anglican tradition. More frequently, the term used is either "Holy Communion," "Holy Eucharist," or "the Lord's Supper." Occasionally the term used in Eastern churches, "the Divine Liturgy", is also employed. In the English-speaking Anglican world, the term used identifies the Eucharistic theology of the one using it. "Mass" is an Anglo-Catholic term.

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