Editing Ablution in Christianity (section)

===Western Christian===
{{see also|Tarping|Lavabo|Piscina|Cantharus (Christianity)}}
[[Image:Stift Zwettl Kreuzgang Brunnenhaus 03.JPG|thumb|Fountain in the [[Cantharus (Christianity)|lavatorium]] of the [[Zwettl Abbey]]]]
In the [[Roman Rite]], the celebrant washes his hands before vesting for [[Mass (liturgy)|Mass]], but with another prayer (''[[Vesting Prayers|Da, Domine, virtutem]]''). This is said privately in the [[vestry]]. He will then wash his hands again after the [[offertory]]—this is the ceremony that is known as the ''lavabo'' proper. This washing appears in both the [[Tridentine Mass]], the 1962 edition of which is still an authorized [[Summorum Pontificum|extraordinary form of the Roman Rite]], and in the post-Vatican II Mass. The reason for this "second" washing of hands probably developed from the long ceremony of receiving the loaves and vessels of wine from the people at the offertory that was used in Rome.<ref>[[Louis Duchesne|Duchesne, Louis]], ''Origines du Culte chretien'' (Paris, 1898), 167, 443.</ref> In the [[Gallican Rite]] the offerings were prepared before Mass began, as in the Eastern [[Liturgy of Preparation]], so there was no long version of the offertory nor place for a lavabo before the Eucharistic Prayer. In the [[Middle Ages]], the Roman Rite actually had two washing of hands, one before and one after the offertory. This first one has since disappeared, and the one which remains is the second.<ref>{{Citation
 | last =Fortescue
 | first =Adrian 
 | author-link =Adrian Fortescue
 | contribution =Lavabo
 | year =1910
 | title =[[The Catholic Encyclopedia]]
 | volume =IX
 | place =New York
 | publisher =Robert Appleton Company
 | contribution-url = http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09044b.htm
 | access-date =2008-01-14}}</ref>

In the [[Tridentine Mass]], as well as in Lutheran [[Mass (liturgy)#Lutheranism|Masses]] of [[Evangelical Catholic]] churchmanship and in Anglican [[Mass (liturgy)#Anglicanism|Masses]] of [[Anglo-Catholic]] churchmanship, the term "ablutions" refers to when the [[priesthood (Catholic Church)|priest]] rinses his hands first in wine and then in water following the Communion. It is to be distinguished from the [[lavabo]], when the celebrant washes his hands with water only, reciting the words of {{bibleref2|Psalm|26:6–12|KJV}} (KJV—in the [[Septuagint]] it is Psalm 25) at the [[offertory]].

In the common [[Mass of Paul VI]], the [[Lutheran]] [[Divine Service (Lutheran)|Divine Service]] and the [[Anglican]] [[Eucharist]] the priest does not normally use wine to wash his hands at the ablution, although this is permitted, but only water.