基督教葬礼-课件·PPT.ppt

Funeral Customs
Chinese
Christianity
Christians believe that souls will return to their destined place —heaven, so generally they don’t set mourning hall, but send the corpse to funeral parlors directly, where the family members , priest and the Etiquette Firm(礼仪公司) will deal with the funeral ceremony together.
Stage 1
Conveyance of the body to the church
parish priest and other clergy going to the house of the deceased with cross and a vessel of holy water , then say psalm(圣歌)
procession sets out for the church
the body is placed "in the middle of the church,"
Stage 2
Ceremony in the church
The second stage is a cycle of prayers, the funeral Mass and absolution(免罪). Candles are lit around the coffin, and they are allowed to burn throughout this stage
Stage 3
Prayers
Throughout the prayers, certain omissions are made. For example, each psalm ends with Requiem aeternam(永恒的安灵曲)
Mass for the Dead ----Requiem(天主教安魂弥撒礼仪)
Significance (tradition of a more primitive age; supplementary to the Mass of the day )
Candles (reference to baptism whereby Christians are made the children of Light )
Wearing (priest, black, white, coffin, pall 柩衣)(baptism, white, innocent, heaven)
Stage 4
Absolution
it is a series of prayers to God that the person's soul will not have to suffer the temporal punishment
The Liberame, Domine is sung; priest incenses(烧香) the coffin, sprinkles it