The Liturgies of SMark, SJames, SClement, SChrysostom, and the Church of Malabar; translated, with introduction and appendices . o the ceremonies of the Little , ofwhich more at length hereafter. XX INTRODUCTION. eartli to heaven. Wherefore, as ^ve liave said, thewhole of the exterior naos is a type of earth ; the mostholy berna represents heaven. Wherefore, as Davidalso prophecies, when the Loud ascended, the Angelsassisted in his triumph; and cried out to them tliatwere above, Lift up your doors, and they named HimKing of Glory and Lord, and confessed Him TheMighty. Thus too doth th
The Liturgies of SMark, SJames, SClement, SChrysostom, and the Church of Malabar; translated, with introduction and appendices . o the ceremonies of the Little , ofwhich more at length hereafter. XX INTRODUCTION. eartli to heaven. Wherefore, as ^ve liave said, thewhole of the exterior naos is a type of earth ; the mostholy berna represents heaven. Wherefore, as Davidalso prophecies, when the Loud ascended, the Angelsassisted in his triumph; and cried out to them tliatwere above, Lift up your doors, and they named HimKing of Glory and Lord, and confessed Him TheMighty. Thus too doth the Church, while she honorsthe celebrant entering with the pomp of a processioninto the Holy of Holies; and the holy doors of tliebema shut before that procession enters, and openedthat it may enter, signify the same thing. But when the celebrant has entered and has censedthe holy table around, the advent of the Holy Ghostis signified by him. For the Spirit came to us fromheaven, when Christ went up into heaven. Further-more, the Bishop, signing the Gospel crosswise by acertain double taper, dikerion, typifies the illumina-. INTRODUCTION. XXI tion brought to pass both in heaven and earth by theIncarnation of Jesus in His two natures. For by theIncarnation of tlie Word of God, He not only gavelight to men, but also to the Angels . The Trisagion which is forthwith said, manifeststhe mystery of the Trinity; which the Incarnation ofone person of the Trinity manifested to men ;(7) andalso the sympathy and union of Angels and also it is sung within the bema by thePriests, and without it by the clerks and laity : for oneChurch of Angels and men hath been formed throughChrist. It is this which the Pontiff proclaims, whilehe signs the Gospel crosswise with a three-headedtaper, (trikerion,) and shows that the preaching of -\.
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