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What is the plate with the chalice called for communion?
It's called a paten (pronounced PATT-en).
What is the eucharist plate?
The Eucharist plate or Communion plate is a metal plate that altar servers place under the Communion host while a person is receiving Communion In the Catholic Church, the purpose of the plate is to catch the Communion host if it falls.
What are the use of plate?
The Communion plate is properly called an paten. Patens are for catching crumbs and whole pieces of the body of Christ during Holy Communion. This avoids it falling onto the ground and being trampled on by dirty shoes or being mopped or vacuumed up. It stops the body of Christ being defiled. In English usage communion plate also applies as a generic term for all the items used;paten,chalice etc.
What is the name of the cup and the plate which holds the bread and the wine on an altar?
the plate is called the paten and the cup is called the chalice
What are the uses of Communion Plate?
The Communion plate is properly called an paten. Patens are for catching crumbs and whole pieces of the body of Christ during Holy Communion. This avoids it falling onto the ground and being trampled on by dirty shoes or being mopped or vacuumed up. It stops the body of Christ being defiled. In English usage communion plate also applies as a generic term for all the items used;paten,chalice etc.
What is the name of the Eucharistic plate?
paten
What do you call a priest's plate?
A paten is the plate used to hold Eucharistic bread.
What is the plate used at mass to hold the host?
Roman Catholic AnswerThe paten is used to hold the Host during Mass.
Why must the Communion bread be treated so respectfully?
paten
What is the thing called which holds the bread and wine?
In the Christian Eucharist, also called Communion and The Lord's Supper, the wine is in the Chalice and the bread is on the Paten.
What is the name of a priest's plate?
Paten
What is the plate called used in a church?
The paten is the saucerlike disk that it used to hold the Host when it is being consecrated.
