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Presentation of the Gifts
At the offertory, the people's offerings of bread and wine and money or other gifts are presented to the deacon or celebrant by representatives of the congregation (BCP, p. 361). The people stand as the offerings are presented and placed on the altar. The 1662 BCP restored the historic role of the deacon in the gathering of the people's offerings. Prior to this change the offerings were presented to the wardens. A sentence that was apparently intended for use at the presentation, "All things come of thee, O Lord, and of thine own have we given thee," was added in the 1892 BCP. The 1979 BCP has no presentation sentence, but the BCP rubric does allow a hymn, psalm, or anthem to be sung during the offertory. A presentation sentence may be considered redundant and superfluous because the gifts are offered during the prayer of oblation of the eucharistic prayer. See Oblation; see Offertory, Offertory Procession, Offertory Sentence.
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Glossary definitions provided courtesy of Church Publishing Incorporated, New York, NY,(All Rights reserved) from "An Episcopal Dictionary of the Church, A User Friendly Reference for Episcopalians," Don S. Armentrout and Robert Boak Slocum, editors.
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