Coenaculum, the term applied to the eating-room of a
Roman house in which the supper (''coena'') or latest meal was taken. It was sometimes placed in an upper storey and reached by an external staircase.
The
Last Supper in the
New Testament was taken in the ''
coenaculum
Coenaculum, the term applied to the eating-room of a Roman house in which the supper (''coena'') or latest meal was taken. It was sometimes placed in an upper storey and reached by an external staircase.
The Last Supper in the New Testament was t ...
'', the large upper room cited in
St. Mark
Mark the Evangelist ( la, Marcus; grc-gre, Μᾶρκος, Mârkos; arc, ܡܪܩܘܣ, translit=Marqōs; Ge'ez: ማርቆስ; ), also known as Saint Mark, is the person who is traditionally ascribed to be the author of the Gospel of Mark. Accor ...
(xiv.15) and
St. Luke
Luke the Evangelist (Latin: '' Lucas''; grc, Λουκᾶς, '' Loukâs''; he, לוקאס, ''Lūqās''; arc, /ܠܘܩܐ לוקא, ''Lūqā’; Ge'ez: ሉቃስ'') is one of the Four Evangelists—the four traditionally ascribed authors of t ...
(xxii.12).
Cenacle of the Pallottines
Saint Vincenzo Pallotti painted the meeting of the early Jerusalem community. The Pallottine community understands the "coenaculum" primarily as the Upper Room and this in turn as a symbol that all Christians, all baptized men and women — i.e. with and without special consecration – were sent out with the Spirit of God, i.e. to follow Christ are to set out and be apostles. The Pallottines in Constance also use the term coenaculum to refer to their "house of silence and contemplative prayer", i.e. a meeting place.
See also
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Cenacle
References
Ancient Roman architecture
Latin words and phrases
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