Renaudot, Liturgiarum Orientalium Collectio, T. ii. p. 33, 34. Paris. 1716. “Grant thy blessing, O Lord, again and again, through this holy oblation and propitiatory sacrifice which is offered to God the Father; is sanctified, completed, and perfected by the descent of the Holy Ghost.-We earnestly pray,” &c. Ibid. p. 39. The Priest, from the larger part of the Eucharistic bread, breaks off a smaller part, which he dips in the chalice, and with it signs the rest in the form of a cross, saying: “The blood of our Lord is sprinkled on his body, in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost.”—He then takes the body of Christ, saying: “ Grant, O Lord, that our bodies may be sanctified by thy holy body, and that our souls may be purified by thy propitiatory blood, &c.;" and distributing the Eucharist to the Priests, Deacons, and Laity, he says—“ The body and blood of our Lord Jesus Christ is given to thee, for the pardon of offences, and the remission of sins, in this world and the next.” Ibid. p. 41, 42.[1]
LITURGY OF ALEXANDRIA.[2] - “ We offer to thee, o Lord, this rational and unbloody worship---which all nations, from the rising to the setting-sun,—from the north to the south, offer to thee, because thy name is great in all nations; and in every place, incense is offered to thy holy name, and sacrifice, and oblation.” Renaudot. T. i. p. 145.—“ Holy, holy, holy Lord! Truly heaven and earth are full of thy glory, by the manifestation of our Lord and God, and Sa-
- ↑ Not having Renaudot's Collection at hand, I am unable to give the original of the above and following quotations. I quote them from Dr. Poynter's Christianity, and can have no doubt of the accuracy of the translation, or of the references.
- ↑ Called also the Liturgy of St. Mark, who first planted the faith at Alexandria, and who, no doubt, gave a form of prayer, or Liturgy, to his Church. St. Cyril, one of his successors, added to it; whence it is also called the Liturgy of St. Cyril. It contains the ancient rite of that Church, and Patriarchate, and was constantly in use among the orthodox Christians in Egypt, till compelled to adopt that of Constantinople.
