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  • noun Plural form of prosphora.

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  • Hære., gives us this sentence from Ignatius: Eucharistian kai prosphoras ouk apodechontai dia to mē homologein tēn eucharistian sarka einai tou oōtēros hēmōn Iēsou Christou tēn huper tōn hamartiōn hēmōn pathousan hēn chrēstotēti ho Patēr ēgeiren; which words you will scarcely find in that Epistle to the Church of Smyrna, from whence they were taken.

    The Doctrine of the Saints��� Perseverance Explained and Confirmed 1616-1683 1966

  • After the Elevation the celebrant dips the other prosphoras into the chalice with the spoon, and places it in another chalice in the tabernacle (artophorion) kept for this purpose.

    The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 4: Clandestinity-Diocesan Chancery 1840-1916 1913

  • [Greek: prosphoras prospherein prosetaxen hêmin ho sôtêr alla ouchi tas di alogôn zôôn hê toutôn tôn dômiamatôn alla dia pneumatikôn ainôn kai doxôn kai eucharistias kaì dia tês eis tous plêsion koinônias kai eupoiias].] [Footnote 275: The Jewish regulations about fastings together with the

    History of Dogma, Volume 1 (of 7) Adolph Harnack 1890

  • (cf. Heb., ix, 28: "So also was Christ once [apax] offered to exhaust the sins of many"; x, 10: "In the which will we are sanctified by the oblation of the body [dia tes prosphoras tou somatos] of Jesus Christ once").

    The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 13: Revelation-Stock 1840-1916 1913

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