The Liturgies of SMark, SJames, SClement, SChrysostom, and the Church of Malabar; translated, with introduction and appendices . ory for this purpose nearto the credence. Q) Tlie antiquity of tliis rite in the Eastern Church is shewnby S. Cyril, (Catech. Myst. 5.) Ye have seen the Deacongiving water to the Priest to wash his hands, and to the Pres-byters, who surrounded the Altar of God. Did he give it tlicmto tlie end that the tilth of the body might be purged away ? Itrow not: for we use not to enter the Church polluted with that cleansing of tho hands is a symbol, that we must bem
The Liturgies of SMark, SJames, SClement, SChrysostom, and the Church of Malabar; translated, with introduction and appendices . ory for this purpose nearto the credence. Q) Tlie antiquity of tliis rite in the Eastern Church is shewnby S. Cyril, (Catech. Myst. 5.) Ye have seen the Deacongiving water to the Priest to wash his hands, and to the Pres-byters, who surrounded the Altar of God. Did he give it tlicmto tlie end that the tilth of the body might be purged away ? Itrow not: for we use not to enter the Church polluted with that cleansing of tho hands is a symbol, that we must bemade clean from all our sins and iniquities. And of old thecustom was, that all who intended to be communicants should•wash their hands. S. Maximus : All men who propose tocommuuicuto first wash their hands. O 162 Thou hast redeemed us from the curse of the law,by Thy precious Blood, being naikxl to the Cross,and wounded with the lance, and didst pour forthstreams of immortality to men : glory be to Thee, ourSaviour. Deacon. Sir, give the blessing. Priest. Blessed be our God always, now and ever,and to ages of ages. Then the Priest tahes in his left Itand the Oblations (^)and in his right the holy sfear. In remembrance of our Lord and God, and Savi-our Jesus Christ. (This he saith thrice.) He then thrusts the spear into the inght (s) side ofthe (^) seal, and saith, as he cuts, (^) Five small loaves, of the form indicated in the text, areprovided in the prothesis. They are round, symbolically repre-senting, imder the shape of a i)iece of money, the price of ourredemption, (Durandus, 4, 41 ;) but each has a square projectionrising from it, usually called the Uoly Lamb, but sometimessimply the Holy Bread. Tliis, in the Greek Church, is stampedwith the words, IC XC NIK A. Jesus Christ conquers. (5) That is, of the Holy Lamb, which he is now going todivide from the rest of the Oblation. («) The seal {a-^^ayis) is, properly speaking, the Cross im- 1G3He was led as a sheep to
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