Historyczny kontekst zaistnienia pozamszalnej pobożności eucharystycznej i formy jej wyrazu

Abstract

The content of the article of the above title was developed and presented in three topics, divided into smaller sections. From each of these topics, the intention is to penetrate the various issues related to the occurrence and development of certain, often cultivated to this day, outside-of-Mass forms of Eucharistic piety. First, then, one points to the respect for the consecrated Eucharistic species, as well as the reasons for their retention after the Holy Mass and of the faithful taking the Eucharist into homes. In the second section, the article presents the circumstances of the coming into being, within the life of the Church, of the public worship of the Eucharist. While the third describes the public expressions of Eucharistic devotion that in appropriate circumstances came into existence in the Church and which are present still today.