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"A pyx or pix (Latin: pyxis, transliteration of Greek: ?????, box-wood receptacle, from ?????, box-tree) is a small round container used in the Catholic, Old Catholic and Anglican Churches to carry the consecrated host (Eucharist), to the sick or invalid or those otherwise unable to come to a church in order to receive Holy Communion. The term can also be used in Archaeology and art history to describe small round lidded boxes designed for any purpose from antiquity or the Middle Ages, such as those used to hold coins for the Trial of the Pyx in England."
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∙ 12y agoAs per Wikipedia:
"A pyx or pix (Latin: pyxis, transliteration of Greek: πυξίς, box-wood receptacle, from πυξος, box-tree) is a small round container used in the Catholic, Old Catholic and Anglican Churches to carry the consecrated host (Eucharist), to the sick or invalid or those otherwise unable to come to a church in order to receive Holy Communion. The term can also be used in archaeology and art history to describe small round lidded boxes designed for any purpose from antiquity or the Middle Ages, such as those used to hold coins for the Trial of the Pyx in England."
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Where can you buy pyx host container?
Pretty much any christian book store. If you are willing to wait you can purchase it online
What is the small container for hosts to the sick?
A pyx.
What is the name of the small round container that is used?
Pyx
What is the container for the Eucharist in anointing of the sick?
It is called a Pyx
What is the name of the small container that is used to consecrate hosts to the sick?
A pyx.
What is the name of the container used to give communion to the sick?
It is called a Pyx
What is the name of the small round container that is used to bring consentrated hosts to the sick?
It is called a pyx.
What is a pyx?
A pyx is the small container used to hold the consecrated bread of the Eucharist, or to keep samples of coins taken for a trial fo the mass and fineness of a metal before it is sent from the mint.
Where the pyx gets its name?
pyx also pix (pĭks)n. # Ecclesiastical. ## A container in which wafers for the Eucharist are kept. ## A container in which the Eucharist is carried to the sick. # A chest in a mint in which specimen coins are placed to await assay. [Middle English pyxe, from Latin pyxis, box, from Greek puxis.]Taken from The American Heritage Dictionaries. (answers.com)
What is the duration of The Pyx?
The duration of The Pyx is 1.8 hours.
What is the the container that is used to bring hosts to the sick?
Pyx is a metal box or vessel in which the Blessed Sacrament is kept or carried. The term is more aptly applied to the small round metal case (usually gold-plated) used to carry a few hosts for the sick. A larger container used to store Hosts in the Tabernacle may also be called a pyx, but ciborium is the more common term for that. - extracted from Modern Catholic Dictionary by John A. Hardon, S. J.
When was The Pyx created?
The Pyx was created on 1973-09-13.
