Mass-penny
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Mass-penny is a Mass
offering by the faithful. This is usually done at the altar rail as an offertory
to contribute to the purchase of the wine, bread and candles used in the Mass. The term is Anglo-Saxon
in origin and was in use for more than three hundred years up to the fifteenth century.
Mass (liturgy)
"Mass" is one of the names by which the sacrament of the Eucharist is called in the Roman Catholic Church: others are "Eucharist", the "Lord's Supper", the "Breaking of Bread", the "Eucharistic assembly ", the "memorial of the Lord's Passion and Resurrection", the "Holy Sacrifice", the "Holy and...
offering by the faithful. This is usually done at the altar rail as an offertory
Offertory
The Offertory is the portion of a Eucharistic service when bread and wine are brought to the altar. The offertory exists in many liturgical Christian denominations, though the Eucharistic theology varies among celebrations conducted by these denominations....
to contribute to the purchase of the wine, bread and candles used in the Mass. The term is Anglo-Saxon
Anglo-Saxon
Anglo-Saxon may refer to:* Anglo-Saxons, a group that invaded Britain** Old English, their language** Anglo-Saxon England, their history, one of various ships* White Anglo-Saxon Protestant, an ethnicity* Anglo-Saxon economy, modern macroeconomic term...
in origin and was in use for more than three hundred years up to the fifteenth century.