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Communion rail

Church Architecture

This rail marks the sanctuary boundary and provides a place for kneeling Communion in this customary arrangement. Its central opening permits access. The Missal does not prescribe this particular rail design.

Key points

This rail marks the sanctuary boundary and provides a place for kneeling Communion in this customary arrangement. Its central opening permits access. The Missal does not prescribe this particular rail design.
Two balustrade wings and an open central passage.

Sources and further reading

Adrian Fortescue, The Ceremonies of the Roman Rite Described (1919; 1920 impression), chapter I, pp. 1–9 (Second edition 1919, new impression 1920; period manual, predates 1962)

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