Re: A question about consecration/deconsecration

[Logan & Arielle <sirlogan@mail.clt.bellsouth.net>]

Poster: Logan & Arielle <sirlogan@mail.clt.bellsouth.net>

I would only assume that if a church held this as an icon or something
having some sort of religious purpose/importance, better care would have
been taken of it.  Relish your find, enjoy it, and don't worry about it.
My guess would be that it probably was not an important religious item and
therefore was never "consecrated".

Logan

Julien de Montfort wrote:

> Poster: Julien de Montfort <julien@spiaggia.org>
>
> Greetings, all!
>
> A question, if I may: I'm way out of my element here, so I thought I'd
> pose the question to the list at large.
>
> This weekend, at an antique/consignment store, I bought a large pewter
> goblet that had been used as a cummunion chalice in a church before it
> was, presumably, retired.  It is a beautiful, plain, very large goblet,
> and I'd like to use it for events and all (or maybe as a gift, I'm not
> sure).
>
> My question, however, regards sanctified objects.  I can assume that at
> some point in time, this was a sanctified object (it's history would
> almost guarantee that).  Are these types of objects, however,
> "de-sanctified" when they are retired?  Not that I have any worries
> about what may happen if I pour some wine into it at some later date,
> but I would feel somewhat uncomfortable drinking from what many might
> still consider to be a consecrated vessel.
>
> And if it is likely not to be deconsecrated, how would I go about doing
> so?  Just taking a drive down to my local church and asking the priest
> there to indulge my concerns over it?
>
> Thanks,
> Julien
>
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