Oratory (construction)


Oratory (from Latin orare - pray) - in general terms, the place of prayer, but formally means a structure other than the parish church, established separately by ecclesiastical authority as a place of prayer and celebration of the Mass. The Oratoria is presumably from the chapels erected above the graves of the early martyrs, to whom the faithful went to pray, and because of the need to have a place of worship in certain parts of the country at a time when churches were generally restricted to cathedral cities. The earliest mention of the oratorios involves private oratorios dedicated to the celebration of the Mass by the bishops, later on the oratories attached to the monasteries and noble residences. In the Eastern Church, where the parish organization is neither full nor rigorous, as in the West, private oratorios are so numerous that they are abusive. In the Latin Church, church oratory is divided into: public, semi-public and private.

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