kneeler
A kneeler is a cushion (also called a tuffet, hassock, genuflexorium, or genuflectorium) or a piece of furniture used for resting in a kneeling position during Christian prayer. • Illustration — The Missal, by John William Waterhouse (1902), depicts a woman kneeling on a prie-dieu, a piece of furniture with a built-in kneeler In many churches, pews are equipped with kneelers in front of the seating bench so members of the congregation can kneel on them instead of the floor. In a few other situations, such as confessionals and areas in front of an altar, kneelers for kneeling during prayer or sacraments may also be used. Traditionally, altar rails often have built-in knee cushions to facilitate reception of Holy Communion while kneeling.
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A kneeler is also a part of the prie-dieu prayer desk, which is found in churches (often in front of votive candles), as well in homes at which persons read the Bible and pray the breviary. Kneelers in churches are a modern development. Kneeling was not part of the Mass in early Christianity, and has been part of the Catholic Mass and Evangelical-Lutheran Mass since the 16th century. • Illustration — Pews with kneelers at Hedvig Eleonora Church (Evangelical-Lutheran) in Östermalm, Sweden • Illustration — Traditional solid oak church pews with kneelers in a Roman Catholic parish church • Illustration — Pews with kneelers at Saint Andrew Lutheran Church in Whittier, California
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- 1.Niermeyer/van de Kieft: Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon minus. Vol. II. (Nachdruck, zweite überarb. Aufl. 2002) schreibt auf S. 1397: prosternatio „Fußfall, Kniefall“ und bringt als Beleg eine Stelle von Petrus Venerabilis, der zufolge die Kniebeugen vor jemandem, der das Allerheiligste trägt, und die Kniebeugen im täglichen Schuldkapitel von Klöstern vulgo veniae, „volkstümlich Venien“, genannt würden.
- 2.Hubert Wetzel: American Football: Die neue amerikanische Front im Sport In: Süddeutsche Zeitung, 25. September 2017.
- 3.Eric Reid. Opinion Eric Reid: Why Colin Kaepernick and I Decided to Take a Knee. 2017-09-25. 0362-4331.
- 4.zeit-online 35(2012); histo-couch.de
- 5.Josef Ratzinger: Der Geist der Liturgie, Herder-Verlag, Freiburg 2002.
- 6.„Sie [die Gläubigen] haben zu knien während der Konsekration, sofern sie nicht aus gesundheitlichen Gründen, wegen des beengten Raumes, einer größeren Anzahl von Anwesenden oder aus anderen vernünftigen Gründen daran gehindert sind. Wer aber zur Konsekration nicht kniet, hat eine tiefe Verneigung zu machen, während der Priester nach der Konsekration eine Kniebeuge macht. (GRM 43)“.
- 7.Peter Dinzelbacher: Christliche Mystik im Abendland. Ihre Geschichte von den Anfängen bis zum Ausgang des Mittelalters. Schöningh, Paderborn 1994, S. 297.
- 8.Franz Pfeiffer (Hrsg.): Deutsche Mystiker des vierzehnten Jahrhunderts, Bd. 1. Göschen’sche Verlagshandlung, Leipzig 1845, S. 416, Stichwort „venie“. Hier wird mit „venie“ ausdrücklich auch die Kniebeuge bezeichnet. Matthias Lexer: Mittelhochdeutsches Taschenwörterbuch. 1992, Stichwort: venja, venige, venge: knieefall zum gebet, kniefälliges gebet (lat: venia). Ernst Hennig: Die Statuten des Deutschen Ordens. 1806, S. 307 (https://books.google.de/books?id=OK1AAAAAcAAJ).
- 9.Eduard Hoffmann-Krayer, Hanns Bächtold-Stäubli: Handwörterbuch zur deutschen Volkskunde. Abteilung 1. Aberglaube. Berlin/Leipzig 1931/32, S. 1575, Stichwort „knien“ (https://books.google.de/books?id=273dX4-VRJAC&pg=PA289&lpg=PA289&dq=kniebeuge+in+der+katholischen+kirche+venie&source=bl&ots=BA26mOKtko&sig=HxzKwhWFW1MRazhYDBriT2ZoL4A&hl=de&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjn9qbyjcTbAhXDF5oKHZ43DV8Q6AEIRzAD#v=onepage&q=venie&f=false).
- 10.VATICAN magazin: Martin Walser – 10 Fragen die ich Benedikt XVI. immer schon einmal stellen wollte; Jahrgang 1, Heft 12, Dezember 2007
- 11.Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel: Ästhetik. 2 Bände. Berlin 4/1985. Band 1, S. 110
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