. A history of the mass and its ceremonies in the eastern and wester church. hurches of the East whichhave severed their connection with the centre of unitv,Rome, would hardly ever have done so had they been re-quired from the beginning to make Latin their liturgicallanguage. National languages always pave the way for na-tional churches. Fourthly. By preserving the Latin in her Liturgy, andrequiring her ministers to cultivate it, the Catholic Churchhas secured for herself the accumulated literary treasures ofeighteen centuries of Christianity. By this she has freeaccess to the writings of some
. A history of the mass and its ceremonies in the eastern and wester church. hurches of the East whichhave severed their connection with the centre of unitv,Rome, would hardly ever have done so had they been re-quired from the beginning to make Latin their liturgicallanguage. National languages always pave the way for na-tional churches. Fourthly. By preserving the Latin in her Liturgy, andrequiring her ministers to cultivate it, the Catholic Churchhas secured for herself the accumulated literary treasures ofeighteen centuries of Christianity. By this she has freeaccess to the writings of some of the most illustrious doctorsof the Church, to canon and civil law, to the decrees ofancient councils, and to many other documents of valuewhich would have otherwise been totally out of reach. For\iiich reason alone our Holy Church should receive thepraise of Christendom. Hallam, in his Middle Ages, couldnot hide the fact that the sole hope of literature in thesetimes depended princi])ally on the Catholic Church, forwherever it existed the Latin language was Priest oftheLatin&hurch.^MfVtsTED FOR Mass. -*5^»5fe3»*^ D CHATTER 11. SACMED VESTMENTS. The sacred vestments employed by a priest in celebratingthe Holy Sacritice are six in nunibor—viz., Amice, Alb,Cincture, Maniple, Stole, and Chasuble. THE AMICE. The Amice, so called from the Latin cwiicire, to clotJie orcoverj is a rectangular piece of linen about three feet longand two feet wide. It has a string at eacli of its two uppercorners by which to fasten it on the slioulders of the wearer,and a cross in the middle of the upper edge, which thepriest kisses when vesting. From the office which the Amice serves various nameshave been given it, such as Humeral, from the Latin hume-rus, a shoulder; AnahoJnfjiuin, from the Creek avafioXtf(anabole), a cloak ; and Epliod, from its resemblance to theAaronic garment of that name. Tlie Greek Cliurch uses no article of this kind at the pre-sent time, although it did for
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