出版社：Catholic Faculty of Theology, University of Split
摘要：The authors present the importance of olive oil and anointing with oil in Holy Scripture and in the tradition of Church from the beginning to the present. In ancient cultures daily and religious use of olive oil was exceptionally important. In the Old Testament religious and cult meaning of oil and anointing is particularly evident, so that the awaited and definite saviour is called the Anointed. For Christians Jesus of Nazareth, the Son of God is exactly that Christ-the Anointed, and they start to call themselves Christians. Furthermore, the New Testament knows the ritual of the anointing of the sick, and in the earliest Christian writings we find the prayers for blessing the oil. The rituals of anointing have been present since the 7th century and gradually oils start to be distinguished - Oil of the Sick, Oil of Sacred Chrism and Oil of Catechumens sanctified by the bishop on Holy Thursday. In these oils the power of the Holy Spirit and the role of Christ’s paschal mystery are stressed, as well as the fact that all believers share, through the sacraments, Christ’s priestly, prophetic and kingly honours. In today’s liturgy Oil of the Sick is taken in the ritual of the anointing of the sick, Oil of Catechumens for the anointing of the catechumen, and Oil of Sacred Chrism today has the widest application range: in baptism, confirmation, the ordination of priests and bishops, and the consecration of the church and the altar.
关键词：Roman liturgy; rituals of the blessing of oil; anointing with consecrated oil;
