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The Cenacle (from Latin ''cenaculum''), also known as the "Upper Room", is a room in Jerusalem traditionally held to be the site of The Last Supper. The word is a derivative of the Latin word ''cenō'', which means ''dinner''. In Christian tradition, based on Acts 1:13, the ''"Upper Room"'' was not only the site of the Last Supper (i.e. the ''Cenacle''), but the usual place where the Apostles stayed in Jerusalem, and according to the Catholic Encyclopedia〔(Catholic Encyclopedia: Jerusalem (A.D. 71–1099) ): "During the first Christian centuries the church at this place was the centre of Christianity in Jerusalem, "Holy and glorious Sion, mother of all churches" (Intercession in "St. James' Liturgy", ed. Brightman, p. 54). Certainly no spot in Christendom can be more venerable than the place of the Last Supper, which became the first Christian church."〕 "the first Christian church". ==The site== The ''Cenacle'' is considered the site where many other events described in the New Testament took place,〔(【引用サイトリンク】publisher=Franciscan Custody of the Holy Land )〕 such as: * preparation for the celebration of Jesus' final Passover meal * the washing of his disciples' feet * certain resurrection appearances of Jesus * the gathering of the disciples after the Ascension of Jesus * the election of Saint Matthias as apostle * the descent of the Holy Spirit upon the disciples on the day of Pentecost. Since at least the fourth century AD a structure identified as the ''Cenacle'', the site of the ''Last Supper'', has been a popular Christian pilgrimage site on ''Mount Zion'' in Jerusalem. It is documented in the narratives of many early pilgrims such as Egeria, who visited it in 384.〔Denys Pringle, The Churches of the Crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem. Vol. 3. The City of Jerusalem (Cambridge and New York: Cambridge University Press, 2007).〕 The building has experienced numerous cycles of destruction and reconstruction, culminating in the Gothic structure which stands today. The upper room is a focus or reference in several Christian hymns, for example in "An upper room did our Lord prepare", written by Fred Pratt Green in 1973,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=An Upper Room Did Our Lord Prepare )〕 and in "Come, risen Lord, and deign to be our guest" ('We meet, as in that upper room they met...'),〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Come, Risen Lord, and Deign to be Our Guest )〕 written by George Wallace Briggs. While the term "Cenacle" refers only to the Upper Room, the building contains another site of interest. A niche located on the lower level of the same building is associated by tradition with the burial site of King David, marked by a large cenotaph-sarcophagus set up by 12th century Crusaders. However, this tradition is attested only as far back as the time of the Crusaders (12th century AD) and most scholars consider this attribution to be incorrect; 1 Kings 2:10 says that David was buried "in the City of David", identified as the eastern hill of ancient Jerusalem, as opposed to what is today called ''Mount Sion'', which is the western hill of the ancient city. The ''Cenacle'' is also connected to the house where the Virgin Mary lived among the Apostles until her death or ''dormition'', an event celebrated in the nearby ''Church of the Dormition''. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Cenacle」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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