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Chrism, also called myrrh, myron, holy anointing oil, and consecrated oil, is a consecrated oil used in the Anglican, Armenian, Assyrian, Catholic and Old Catholic, Eastern and Oriental Orthodox, and Nordic Lutheran Churches in the administration of certain sacraments and ecclesiastical functions.

chrism myron myrrh

References

  1. Oxford English Dictionary, 1st ed. "chrism, n." Oxford University Press (Oxford), 1889.
  2. "Chrismatory". Metalwork. Victoria and Albert Museum. http://www.vam.ac.uk/content/articles/s/silverware-design-themes/. Retrieved 2007-08-18. 
  3. Eric Segelberg, "The Benedictio Olei in the Apostolic Tradition of Hippolytus", (Oriens Christianus 48, 1964)
  4. Le Goff, Jacques; et al. Le sacre royal à l'époque de Saint-Louis d'après le manuscrit latin 1246 de la BNF (in French)
  5. See Jean-Claude Bonne 2001, examining the coronation ordines from Charlemagne to Charles V, who commissioned a Livre du sacre, as C. Meredith Jones remarked, in reviewing Sir Francis Oppenheimer's monograph of the Holy Ampulla.
  6. La Sainte Ampoule et le sacre des rois de France, leblogdumesnil.unblog.fr http://leblogdumesnil.unblog.fr/2008/11/26/151-la-sainte-ampoule-et-le-sacre-des-rois-de-france-2nde-partie-de-la-revolution-a-nos-jours/
  7. [1] Content of the Holy Ampulla kept at the archbishopric of Reims
  8. Common Worship - Christian Initiation, Church House Publishing 2006, ISBN:0-7151-2102-2, page 129.
  9. An Anglican Prayer Book, Church of the Province of Southern Africa, Collins 1989, ISBN:0-00-599180-3, page 393.
  10. Liturgia da Igreja Lusitana (Catolica Apostolica Evangelica), Igreja Lusitana 1991 (privately published), page 246.
  11. Common Worship - Ordination Services, Church House Publishing 2007, ISBN:978-0-7151-2130-6, page 50.
  12. Common Worship - Ordination Services, Church House Publishing 2007, ISBN:978-0-7151-2130-6, page 75.
  13. "613 Administering to the Sick", LDS.org Gospel Topics. http://library.lds.org/nxt/gateway.dll/Curriculum/home%20and%20family.htm/gospel%20art%20picture%20kit.htm/600%20%20gospel%20in%20action.htm/613%20administering%20to%20the%20sick.htm
  14. "Priesthood Ordinances and Blessings". Family Guidebook. Salt Lake City, Utah: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. February 2006. http://www.lds.org/manual/family-guidebook/priesthood-ordinances-and-blessings. Retrieved 2009-09-21. 
  15. Sokolov, Dmitry Pavlovich (1899). A Manual of the Orthodox Church's Divine Services. New York: Wynkoop Hallenbeck Crawford Co. p. 103. http://www.ccel.org/ccel/sokolof/services.i.html#i-Page_103. Retrieved 2014-07-23. "[...] into each vessel of new myrrh are poured a few drops of the old myrrh [...] This is done in token of the uninterrupted connection of the Russian Church with the Greek, from which she received [...] the first consecrated myrrh." 
  16. Alfeyev, Hilarion (2001) Le Mystère de la foi (Cerf, Paris)
  17. "The Sanctification of the Holy Chrism — Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America". http://www.goarch.org/ourfaith/ourfaith8420. Retrieved 2009-09-19. 
  18. "Armenia: Myrrh Blessing". http://www.welcomearmenia.com/armenia/myrrh_blessing. 
  19. "Once-In-Seven-Years Experience". ArmeniaNow.com. 2015-09-25. http://armenianow.com/multimedia/feature_photo/66493/onceinsevenyears_experience. 
  20. Vassiliou, Tara (2012-04-03). "Muron’ Olive Oil 1,700 Years in the Making". Olive Oil Times. http://www.oliveoiltimes.com/olive-oil-basics/world/muron-olive-oil/25699. 
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