The primary role of the altar server is to assist the priest in the celebration of Mass and liturgy. Church writings from the second and third centuries discuss the role of acolytes, giving the office great importance and honor in the history of the Church. This is seen in the action of the disciples bringing loaves and fish to Jesus in order to feed the crowd of 5,000 people (John 6:8) and in preparing for the Last Supper with Jesus (Matthew 26:19).Īltar servers perform most of the functions of the former “minor order” of ordained clerics known as acolytes from the Greek word akolouthos or ‘attendant’. The ministry of altar service draws its history from the example of the disciples in preparing for times of breaking bread with Jesus.
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