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What does epiclesis mean?

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  1. The part of the Catholic Mass and Eastern Orthodox Divine Liturgy in which the celebrant invokes the Holy Spirit to change the bread and wine on the altar into the body and blood of Jesus. Said at the beginning of the offeratory prayers in the Catholic Mass and at the end of the aforementioned in the Eastern Orthodox Divine Liturgy.
  2. (Greek) A particular appearance or aspect of a deity.
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Most modern scholars agree that there had been an epiclesis, in the original Eucharist of the early church of Rome, in addition to the other Latin eucharistic prayers.
A second epiclesis for the Spirit is prayed during the laying on of hands.
By suggesting this small correction, he has removed from the text any clear indication of an epiclesis.
The invocation of the Spirit during the Eucharistic Prayer is called epiclesis.
The restoration of the epiclesis to the liturgy that invokes the Holy Spirit, identifies the Spirit as the sacramental agent.
The transformation is effected by the Holy Spirit whose descending is being prayed for in the epiclesis.

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