Glosario

Use quotation marks (not italics) around the names of books, lectures, movies, operas, plays, podcasts, podcast episodes, poems, songs…

Capitalize the principal words in the names of books, lectures, movies, operas, plays, podcasts, podcast episodes, poems, songs, speeches…

Joint celebration of the Eucharist by a chief celebrant and one or more concelebrants.

A priest or bishop who hears a private confession of sin during the sacramental Reconciliation of a Penitent, and pronounces absolution, a declaration of forgiveness.

The sacramental rite in which candidates «express a mature commitment to Christ, and receive strength from the Holy Spirit through prayer and the laying on of hands by a bishop» (BCP, p. 860).

To set something or someone apart for a sacred purpose. The church provides for the consecration of various spaces and elements, including bread and wine for the Eucharist, church buildings, altars, graves, and columbaria. Chrism oil is used to consecrate the newly baptized. Deacons, priests, and bishops are consecrated during the service of ordination.

The Martyrs of Memphis, a collection of nuns and priests who died in the Tennessee city while tending to the sick in the yellow fever outbreak in 1878. Feast day: Sept. 9.

Capitalize when referring to the published document containing the official set of governing rules for The Episcopal Church and in numbered…

The foundational governing document of The Episcopal Church defining its structure, authority, and relationships between dioceses, governing bodies, and officers, and establishing the framework within which the Canons operate. First adopted by General Convention in 1789.

Full repentance for sin and a firm intention for amendment of life.