. A history of the mass and its ceremonies in the eastern and wester church. aven—theMother of God alone excepted—who enjoys the privilege ofhaving a Credo in her Mass, and this because, in the lan-guage of the Church, she is styled ^ Apostola Apostolorum —the Apostle of Apostles—for it was to her, as the Scripturestestify, that our Lord first appeared after his resuiTCCtion. To ivhat Masses the Creed is Proper. 265 The other occasions upon which the Credo is £did are,with few excejitions, comprehended under the old dictum ofrubricists, Muc non credunt. Taking the letters of M^lcapart, we have
. A history of the mass and its ceremonies in the eastern and wester church. aven—theMother of God alone excepted—who enjoys the privilege ofhaving a Credo in her Mass, and this because, in the lan-guage of the Church, she is styled ^ Apostola Apostolorum —the Apostle of Apostles—for it was to her, as the Scripturestestify, that our Lord first appeared after his resuiTCCtion. To ivhat Masses the Creed is Proper. 265 The other occasions upon which the Credo is £did are,with few excejitions, comprehended under the old dictum ofrubricists, Muc non credunt. Taking the letters of M^lcapart, we have ^^m, which stands for martyrs; ^^u, or• V, for virgins, ividoius, and non-virgins; and ^^c, forcoi/fessors, all of whom have no Credo special to exceptions to this rule may be mentioned the feasts ofthe apostles and doctors of the Church, also those of ourLord and his Blessed Mother. With us the Creed is neversaid in Masses for the dead, but it is with tha Greeks, whoalso on sucli occasions celebrate in red vestment.^ instead ofblack, as is our CHAPTER XXIV. THE CELEBRATION OF MASS. THE OFFERTOKY. The word Offertory—from the Latin offerre, to offer-is now used in two special senses, the first, meaning thei3rayer called in the Missal tiie Offerturium, which the priestreads immediately after tlie Creed ; the second, all that takesplace at the altar from the end of this prayer to the end ofthe oblation of the bread and wiju\ In the o;i;]y ages of the Church it was customary for thepeoj^le to present here bread and wine for the use of thealtar, oil for the sanctuary-lamp, incense for Solemn HighMass, and ears of corn and clusters of grapes as the first-fruits of the land (Bona, p. 332). By the third of theApostolic Canons, nothing but what was required for theHoly Sacrifice could be placed on the altar ; all the otherofferings were usually received on a side-table j^repared forthe purpose, and called in ancient books, and yet so styledby the Greeks, t
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