Latin phrase, meaning Lamb of God, sung or said at the beginning of the Eucharist.
(Lat. for "Lamb of God") : The last movement of a choral Mass. More specifically it is the last item of the choral portion of the Ordinary. See Text and Translation.
The figure of a lamb stamped on the wax which remains from the Pascal candle, and solemnly blessed by the Pope on the Thursday after Easter, in the first and seventh years of his Pontificate. A bull of Gregory XIII forbids a person to paint or gild any Agnus Dei blessed by the Pope, under pain of excommunication.
the fifth sung item of the Ordinary of the Latin Mass. It is sung by the choir after the Pater noster, and before the Communion. Its use is associated with the breaking of the bread for the Communion. It was added to the liturgy in the late seventh century. [TKR; GJC
figure of a lamb; emblematic of Christ
a liturgical prayer beginning with these Latin words
a small piece of beeswax stamped with the image of a lamb and cross
the depiction of a lamb as the symbol of Christ
"Lamb of God". In the Mass, the fifth part of the ordinary.
One of the anthems at the breaking of the bread; also found at the conclusion of the Great Litany. Latin for "Lamb of God." See " anthem."
The fifth part of the Ordinary of the Roman Catholic Mass.
The words mean "Lamb of God" and refer to Jesus. It is from "Here is the the lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world" in John 1:29. A hymn using those words is often said or sung during the communion service: "O lamb of God, you take away the sin of the world, have mercy on us. O lamb of God, you take away the sin of the world, have mercy on us. O lamb of God, you take away the sin of the world, give us your peace."
One of the anthems at the Breaking of the Bread; also found at the conclusion of the Great Litany (BCP, 337, 407,152).
A section of the Mass; the last musical movement of the Ordinary.
Agnus Dei is a Latin term meaning Lamb of God, and was originally used to refer to Jesus Christ in his role of the perfect sacrificial offering that atones for the sins of man in Christian theology, harkening back to ancient Jewish Temple sacrifices. See Lamb of God for an explanation of this. Agnus Dei is used to refer to several things related to it.
