Oratory (worship)

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Oratory (worship)

In Christianity

Christianity

Christianity is a Monotheistic religion #Christian view religion centered on the life and teachings of Jesus as New Testament view on Jesus' life....
, an oratory is a room

Room

Room may refer to:* Room, any separated space or chamber within a structure**Room number**Classroom, a place to teach lessons*A discussion room, or Internet Forum, on the Internet...
for prayer

Prayer

Prayer is the act of communicating with a deity or spirit in worship. Specific forms of this may include praise, requesting divine providence, confessing sins, as an act of reparation or an expression of one's emotional expression....
, from the Latin orare, to pray.

In the Roman Catholic Church

Roman Catholic Church

The Roman Catholic Church, officially known as the Catholic Church is the world's largest Christianity Ecclesia , representing over half of all Christians and one-sixth of the world population....
, an oratory is for all intents and purposes another word for what is commonly called a chapel

Chapel

A chapel is a building used as a place for fellowship and of worship for Christians. It may be attached to an institution such as a large Church , a college, a hospital, a palace, a prison or a cemetery, or may be an entirely free-standing building, sometimes with its own grounds....
. It may be private (with use restricted to an individual, such as a bishop, or group, such as a family, and their invited guests), semi-public (open under certain circumstances to the public), or public (built for the benefit of any of the faithful who wish to use it).

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In Christianity

Christianity

Christianity is a Monotheistic religion #Christian view religion centered on the life and teachings of Jesus as New Testament view on Jesus' life....
, an oratory is a room

Room

Room may refer to:* Room, any separated space or chamber within a structure**Room number**Classroom, a place to teach lessons*A discussion room, or Internet Forum, on the Internet...
for prayer

Prayer

Roman Catholic Church

Chapel

Canon law (Catholic Church)

Canon Law, the ecclesiastical law of the Catholic Church, is a fully developed legal system, with all the necessary elements: courts, lawyers, judges, a fully articulated legal code and principles of legal interpretation....
, canon 1223). The term is used for instance in the Rule of St Benedict

Rule of St Benedict

The Rule of Saint Benedict is a book of precepts written by Benedict of Nursia for monks living communally under the authority of an abbot. Since about the 7th century it has also been adopted by communities of women....
(chapter 52) for the private communal chapel inside monasteries

Monastery

Monastery , a term derived from the Greek language word ???ast?????, neut. of ???ast????? - monasterios denotes the building, or complex of buildings, that houses a room reserved for prayer as well as the domestic quarters and workplace of Monk, whether monks or nuns, and whether living in Cenobium or alone ....
.

Oratories seem to have found their origin in chapels built in the sanctuaries of martyr

Martyr

The term martyr is most commonly used today to describe an individual who sacrifices his or her life in order to further a cause or belief for many....
s, for the faithful to assemble and pray on the spot. The oldest extant oratory is the Archiepiscopal Chapel

Archiepiscopal Chapel

Archiepiscopal Chapel is a chapel on the first floor of the bishops' palace in Ravenna, Italy. It is a private Oratory of Trinity bishops dating from the turn of the 6th century....
in Ravenna

Ravenna

Ravenna is a city and comune in the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy. The city is inland, but is connected to the Adriatic Sea by a canal. Ravenna once served as the seat of the Western Roman Empire and later the Ostrogoths and the Exarchate of Ravenna....
(c. 500).

Saint Joseph's Oratory

Saint Joseph's Oratory

Saint Joseph's Oratory of Mount Royal, , is a Roman Catholic basilica on the northern slope of Mount Royal in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.In 1904, Blessed Andr? Bessette, Congregation of Holy Cross, began the construction of a small chapel on the side of the mountain near College Notre-Dame....
is the name of a Roman Catholic basilica

Basilica

The Latin word basilica , was originally used to describe a ancient Rome public building , usually located in the Forum of a Roman town. In Hellenistic cities, public basilicas appeared in the 2nd century BC....
in Montreal

Montreal

Montreal, or Montr?al, is the largest city in the Provinces and territories of Canada of Quebec and the List of largest cities and second largest cities by country List of the 100 largest municipalities in Canada by population....
.

The term can also refer to the local house of the "Oratorians", the congregation of priests founded by St Philip Neri in Rome

Rome

Rome is the capital city of Italy and Lazio, and is Italy's largest and most populous city, with 2,724,347 residents in an urban area of some ....
, Italy

Italy

Italy , officially the Italian Republic , is a country located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe and on the two largest islands in the Mediterranean Sea, Sicily and Sardinia....
in 1575.

Examples

Gallarus Oratory
Gallarus Oratory

File:Gallarusoratory.jpgThe Gallarus Oratory is believed to be an early Christian church located on the Dingle Peninsula, County Kerry, Ireland....
in Ireland
in Warndon Villages, Worcester, England.