Obetný charakter
Character Sacrificialis
Sacrificial Character
Whether the Eucharist is a sacrifice (oblatio) or thanksgiving (eucharistia); Mass as re-presentation vs. memorial
Konfesionálne pozície / Confessional Positions
4 documented positions across 3 traditions
Luteránska / Lutheran
anti_sacrificial The Mass is NOT a sacrifice offered to God for the sins of the living and the dead. It is a testament and gift of God received by faith. Luther's De captivitate Babylonica (1520) is the decisive polemic.
CA XXIV reformulates positively: the Mass is retained 'with the highest reverence' but as thanksgiving, not propitiatory sacrifice. FC does not add substantially.
Utrakvistická / Utraquist
sacrificial_retained Old-Utraquists retain the sacrificial language of the Mass. The canon is preserved, elevation performed, sacrificial prayers maintained. Liturgically, they are closer to Rome than to Wittenberg on this point.
Graham's finding is critical: liturgical practice persisted even where doctrinal documents converged with Protestantism. This is the lex orandi argument in action.
sacrificial_attenuated Neo-Utraquist practice shows gradual attenuation of sacrificial language but never a clean break. The Agenda Česká 1581 is a compromise document — some sacrificial elements removed, others softened.
Chalupský shows the editors were 'creatively independent' — neither purely Lutheran nor purely Catholic.
Jednota bratská / Unity of Brethren
memorial_thanksgiving The Lord's Supper is a memorial and thanksgiving, emphatically not a sacrifice. Early Unity hostility to the Mass as institution reinforced this. No sacrificial language in Unity communion orders.
Landová's monograph on Unity liturgy should confirm the details of the communion rite. HIGH PRIORITY to acquire.
Terminologický aparát / Theological Vocabulary
3 terms across 4 languages (Latin, Czech 16c, German 16c, Slovak)
SACRIFICIAL CHARACTER
| Term | Latin | Čeština 16. st. | Deutsch 16. Jh. | Slovenčina (CS) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| sacrifice_of_mass | sacrificium missae; oblatio; sacrificium propitiatorium; hostia | oběť mše; obětování; oběť smírná | Messopfer; Opfer der Messe; Sühnopfer | obeť omše; obetovanie; obeť zmierenia |
| thanksgiving | eucharistia; gratiarum actio; sacrificium laudis | díkůčinění; oběť chvály; díkůvzdání | Danksagung; Lobopfer; Dankopfer | ďakovanie; obeť chvály; ďakovzdanie |
| memorial | memoriale; commemoratio; anamnesis; in meam commemorationem | památka; na mou památku; připomínka | Gedächtnis; zu meinem Gedächtnis; Erinnerung | pamiatka; na moju pamiatku; pripomienka |
Hymnicko-liturgické dôkazy / Lex Orandi Evidence
Korpusové dôkazy budú doplnené v Fáze 3 výskumu.
Corpus evidence will be populated during Phase 3 research.
(1 evidence entry indexed for this sub-locus)