Is "Maundy" a Protestant thing?

[Lampo]

I ask because I don’t hear or read it much in Catholic circles. My wife is Lutheran and she calls today Maundy Thursday. I’ve never heard it growing up.

 

[1ke]

It’s not so much a *protestant *thing as it is an *English *thing.

The term Maundy is dervived from Middle English and old French. There are several theories as to its origin. But, this is the official name of the day in English law.

Liturgically, the Catholic Church uses Holy Thursday as the name of this day. But, I’m sure a lot of folks of English descent refer to it as Maundy Thursday.

newadvent.org/cathen/10068a.htm

 

[Tietjen]

I ask because I don’t hear or read it much in Catholic circles. My wife is Lutheran and she calls today Maundy Thursday. I’ve never heard it growing up.

For the most part, the term is a Protestant (Anglican) name. We (Catholics) refer to it as Holy Thursday (The Mass of the Last Supper). It ushers in the Easter Triduum.

 

[Lampo]

For the most part, the term is a Protestant (Anglican) name. We (Catholics) refer to it as Holy Thursday (The Mass of the Last Supper). It ushers in the Easter Triduum.

Thanks. Have a blessed Holy Thursday!

 

[Acolythus_sum]

The word “maundy” comes from the Latin mandatum, “command”. It refers to Christ’s command (mandatum) given to His Apostles on this day.

 

[Warrenton]

If you have an missal that was printed prior to the 1960s in English, you are likely to see Holy Thursday" referred to as Maundy Thursday. As stated above, it is an anglicisation of mandatum, “command” which appears in the old antiphon song on this day. It was common for services to be nicknamed after antiphons or tracts - another example is Rogation day.

 

[patrick457]

I ask because I don’t hear or read it much in Catholic circles. My wife is Lutheran and she calls today Maundy Thursday. I’ve never heard it growing up.

Nah, I grew up with folks around me saying ‘Maundy’. But then again, it was the Philippines. Even today, I kind of feel odd when I speak of Holy Thursday and Holy Saturday instead of Maundy Thursday and Black Saturday.

As someone already mentioned, it’s not so much a denominational thing than it is a national one: most agree that the English word Maundy in that name for the day is derived through Middle English, and Old French mandé, from the Latin mandatum (John 13:34). There are others who theorize that the English name arose from “maundsor” baskets, in which on that day the king of England distributed alms to certain poor at Whitehall: “maund” is connected with the Latin mendicare, and French mendier, to beg.