The Liturgies of SMark, SJames, SClement, SChrysostom, and the Church of Malabar; translated, with introduction and appendices . ) This is an innovation. S. Symeon of Thessalonica dis-tinctly condemns it. Tlie Deacon* must not offer portions ; fortfiey have not the grace of offering to God. {ol Si? Iiecxnov; £;%;oi/(ri.) (*) The Greeks use a holy sponge, in place of the purifi-catorium of the Latins. It is generally calh-d ^^Troyyoj,-, but heroj-toiiaa, the more modern term for the same thing. 170 Deacon. Let us make our supplications to theLord. The Priest censes the Asterisk, (i9) and places


The Liturgies of SMark, SJames, SClement, SChrysostom, and the Church of Malabar; translated, with introduction and appendices . ) This is an innovation. S. Symeon of Thessalonica dis-tinctly condemns it. Tlie Deacon* must not offer portions ; fortfiey have not the grace of offering to God. {ol Si? Iiecxnov; £;%;oi/(ri.) (*) The Greeks use a holy sponge, in place of the purifi-catorium of the Latins. It is generally calh-d ^^Troyyoj,-, but heroj-toiiaa, the more modern term for the same thing. 170 Deacon. Let us make our supplications to theLord. The Priest censes the Asterisk, (i9) and places it overthe lioly Bread, saying :. di) And the star came, and stood over where the young-Child was. Deacon. Let us make our supplications to the the Priest taking the first veil, () covers withit the hohf Bread with the disk, saying : (?) The asterisk is as shown in the text; it folds and unfoldsfor the purpose of being more conveniently put away. Its use isto prevent the veil of the disk from disarranging the order of the2)ortions; its mystical oneaning, as the versicle shews, is the star•which led the Wise Men to the Infant Saviour. S. Germanus,?who usually finds a reference to the Nativity, where the contextof the office refers to the Death of our Saviour, here finds areference to the latter, where the Liturgy intends the former, andexplains the asterisk of our Lords bier and its coverings. (-*•) This veil is called the ^a,. The second veil hasno distinctive name, but the third is called A-^^ or vtcpiXn, It iscalled air, because, as the air surrounds the earth, so does thissurround the


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