In the liturgical traditions of Western Christianity, the Epistle side is the term used to designate the side of a church on which the Epistle is read during a church service. It is the right-hand sid
The chancel of Saint Stephen's Lutheran Church in Allentown; on the side left to the altar is the pulpit from which the Gospel is read by the pastor. On the side right of the altar is the lectern from which the Epistle is read, normatively by a reader.
This Lutheran sanctuary delineates the standard practice of the pulpit being located in the Gospel side and the lectern being located in the Epistle side.
A Latin Catholic priest standing at the Epistle side during the offering of a Tridentine Mass
A Methodist church with a divided chancel containing the pulpit on the Gospel side and the lectern on the Epistle side.
Communion table and Lord's table are terms used by many Protestant churches—particularly from Reformed, Baptist and low church Anglican and Methodist bodies—for the table used for preparation of Holy
Epistle side
…a divided chancel though not in Methodist parishes designed with a pulpit-centered chancel that features a central pulpit that is situated behind the communion table (as with other Anglican and Presbyterian churches). Within the Catholic Church, in the Tridentine Mass, which is still in use among some communities…
Communion table in the Münster in Schaffhausen, Switzerland.
This Presbyterian church in Duirinish, Skye has a small Communion table in front of a prominent pulpit, illustrating the church's dual ministry of Word and Sacrament.