What does it signify?
2007-12-03 20:22:44 · 4 answers · asked by sunoverla 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Corpus Christi Day (Body of Christ; is a reminder of Maundy Thursday, when Jesus held the Last Supper and instituted the Holy Eucharist) is one of the moveable feasts of the Church, dependent on Easter Sunday. It occurs on the Thursday after Trinity Sunday. Trinity Sunday occurs 8 weeks after Easter. (Trinity Sunday is marked by the Athanasian Creed.)
Corpus Christi day occurred on June 7 in 2007. It will be on May 22nd in 2008.
2007-12-03 20:44:20 · answer #1 · answered by sugarbabe 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The feast of Corpus Christi (Body of Christ) celebrates the institution and giving of the Eucharist. In Western Churches it is the Thursday after Trinity Sunday.
The natural day to celebrate this would be Maundy Thursday but at that time the church is fully involved in remembering the passion of Christ. The feast was instituted in the thirteenth century
2007-12-04 04:39:23 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Corpus Christi means "Body of Christ" but I didn't know it had a holiday attached other than Christmas and Easter...
It's also a city in Texas...
2007-12-04 04:36:02 · answer #3 · answered by rabble rouser 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Don't Yahoo!Answers it, Wiki it!
2007-12-04 04:54:49 · answer #4 · answered by za 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋