Pax (liturgy)
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In Christian liturgy, "the Pax" is an abbreviation of the Latin salutations "pax vobis" or "pax vobiscum", which are used in the Catholic Mass, the Lutheran Divine Service, and the Western Orthodox Ma
Mexican bishop Raúl Vera giving the Pax salutation
Pax (liturgical object)
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The pax or pax board was an object used in the Middle Ages and Renaissance for the kiss of peace in the Catholic Mass. Direct kissing among the celebrants and congregation was replaced by each in turn
Pax (liturgy)
…Holy kiss Pax (liturgical object) Peter Damian, an opusculum on Dominus Vobiscum in Patrologia Latina CXLV, 234…
Ivory pax with Crucifixion, Germany or France, 15th century
Northern Italy, c. 1480, Glass, paint, gilt, copper, metal foil, 10.16 cm (4.00 in) high
Pax including a plaquette by Valerio Belli, 1520s
Rococo pax of 1726, for the Imperial Chapel of the Hofburg Palace in Vienna; by this time paxes were largely out of use in ordinary churches