The term eulogia (, eulogía), Greek for "a blessing", has been applied in ecclesiastical usage to "a blessed object". It was occasionally used in early times to signify the Holy Eucharist, and in this sense is especially frequent in the writings of St. Cyril of Alexandria. The origin of this use is doubtless to be found in the words of St. Paul (1 Corinthians 10:16); to poterion tes eulogias ho eulogoumen. But the more general use is for such objects as bread, wine etc., which it was customary to distribute after the celebration of the Divine Mysteries. Bread so blessed, we learn from St. Augu
Il termine eulogia (in greco antico: ευλογία), che significa "benedizione", ha trovato larga applicazione in ambito ecclesiastico per indicare, spesso con precisa e invariabile formula rituale, una persona benedetta da Dio.
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