Intercessor
One who prays on behalf of another or others.
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An Episcopal Dictionary of the Church
Glossary definitions adapted from An Episcopal Dictionary of the Church, A User Friendly Reference for Episcopalians, edited by Don S. Armentrout and Robert Boak Slocum, provided courtesy of Church Publishing Incorporated, New York, NY.
Interim Bodies
A broad term for commissions, committees, task forces, boards, and agencies that are active between the triennial General Conventions.
Interment
Burial, the placing of the body or cremated remains of a deceased person in a grave or columbarium. From the Latin in terra meaning “in the earth.”
Intinction
Administration of the consecrated bread and wine of the Eucharist at the same time, typically by dipping the bread in the wine and placing the moistened host in the mouth.
Introit
A hymn, psalm, or anthem that is sung as the ministers enter to begin the Eucharist.
Irenaeus of Lyons
A second-century Greek bishop and theologian. Feast day: June 28.
James De Koven
A priest and educator who was the most widely known and respected leader of the Anglo-Catholic movement in the 19th century. Feast day: March 22.
James of Jerusalem
Also known as James the Just. In the Gospels according to Matthew and Mark, and in the epistle to the Galatians, James of Jerusalem is referred to as the brother of Jesus. Feast day: Oct. 23.
James the Apostle (James the Greater)
One of the 12 apostles of Jesus. Brother of John, son of Zebedee, also known as James the Greater to distinguish him from the other apostle with the same name. Patron saint of Spain, and the first apostle to be martyred. Feast day: July 25.
James the Apostle (James the Less)
One of the 12 apostles of Jesus, and the son of Alphaeus. Also known as James the Less to distinguish him from James the apostle, brother of John the apostle. Feast day: May 1, along with the Apostle Philip.