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A person may be consecrated to a specific role within a religious hierarchy, or a person may consecrate his or her life to a religion; see Devotion . In particular, the Ordination of a Bishop is often called a consecration. The word "consecration" literally means "setting apart." IN CHRISTIANITY In regard to the Eucharist , the term ''consecration'' refers to those words/actions/intentions by which bread and wine are set apart or set aside for their sacred use. The general understanding in Christian churches of the catholic tradition is that the gifts are set apart in the entirety of the consecratory Eucharistic prayer (the '' Anaphora '' or '' Canon Missae '' or ''Great Thanksgiving''). However, there seem to be two main positions of emphasis taken in regard to the words used. In the East , the consecration is generally emphasized as being the Divine response to the Epiclesis by which the priest invokes the Holy Spirit. In the West , the consecration is emphasized as being the Divine response to the warrant of the Words Of Institution , by which ''verba'' a priest is said to act "in the person of Christ" (in persona Christi) as "in Christ's stead and by Christ's command" (alter Christus). Those who take the Vows of Religion are said to be living a ''consecrated life''. The Ordination of a Bishop is called ''consecration'', for a bishop is said to be living the ''life of perfection''. In the Latter Day Saint tradition, consecration involved the giving of member's worldly possessions to the church in a type of voluntary Religious Communism , which was practiced off and on during the 19th Century , but is now extremely rare among Latter Day Saint denominations. See Law Of Consecration . OTHER RELIGIONS Hinduism , Buddhism , and Wicca all use the term. EXTERNAL LINKS |