Talk:Spoon (liturgy)

Greek name
According to the article, the Greek name for the Communion spoon is kochliárion; but on the Website of the Greek Archdioces, it shows it as lavitha. Is this a mistake? Are both terms used? If so, should both be mentioned in the article? I'm interested in other contributors' input. Thank you MishaPan (talk) 00:03, 16 March 2010 (UTC)

Neutral terminology?
Most of the world would never think that certain cups of wine are 'really' blood, or that some bread is part of the body of a person. Similarly, to say that a spoon 'must' not touch such saving it were gold or gold-plated does not sound like anything like objective data---it were better said (e.g.) that '[... ] Orthodox religious authorities maintain that the spoon should not [... ] lest [..., ]'. Similarly, terminology more intelligible to the public at large should be used to distinguish fact from opinion, e.g. '[...] the wine, which Orthodox  authorities hold were in the course of the ceremony changed into the blood of Jesus, which person they hold to be a Messiah ('Christ') and God, is therefore after that point  referred-to as "the Blood" [....]'  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.87.125.253 (talk) 13:33, 21 August 2013 (UTC)