The Kiss of Peace
Greet one another with a holy kiss — peace exchanged in the assembly
The Kiss of Peace is a ritual greeting of peace — a kiss, embrace, or handshake — exchanged among the faithful during worship. Paul urges believers to greet one another with a holy kiss, and Justin Martyr's First Apology describes it in the early liturgy. The custom is kept across communions, though its placement differs: before the anaphora in Eastern rites, and near the Our Father in the Roman rite.
How it traveled
- Letters of Athanasius with Two Ancient Chronicles of His LifeAlexandria · 373applies
- The Catechetical Lectures of S. CyrilJerusalem · 386explains
- The Homilies of St. John Chrysostom on Paul's Epistle to the RomansConstantinople (Istanbul) · 407explains
Key passages(19)
Homilies on Second Corinthians · John Chrysostom
The Catechetical Lectures of S. Cyril · Cyril of Jerusalem
Book VIII. Concerning Gifts, and Ordinations, and the Ecclesiastical Canons · Constitutions of the Holy Apostles
Homilies on First Corinthians · John Chrysostom
The Homilies of St. John Chrysostom on Paul's Epistle to the Romans · John Chrysostom
The Homilies of St. John Chrysostom on Paul's Epistle to the Romans · John Chrysostom
The Homilies of St. John Chrysostom · John Chrysostom
Letters of Athanasius with Two Ancient Chronicles of His Life · Athanasius of Alexandria
Selections from the Letters of St. Ambrose · Ambrose of Milan
The Canons of the Councils of Ancyra, Gangra, Neocæsarea, Antioch and Laodicea, which Canons were Accepted and Received by the Ecumenical Synods · The Ecumenical Councils
Treatise on the Sacraments (qq[60]-90) · Thomas Aquinas
Letters of Athanasius with Two Ancient Chronicles of His Life · Athanasius of Alexandria
Letters of Athanasius with Two Ancient Chronicles of His Life · Athanasius of Alexandria
Selections from the Letters of St. Ambrose · Ambrose of Milan
Letters of Athanasius with Two Ancient Chronicles of His Life · Athanasius of Alexandria
The Catechetical Lectures of S. Cyril · Cyril of Jerusalem