Amen! That it may be to those who receive it, available to sobriety of soul; to the remission of sins; to the communication of the Holy Spirit; to the plenitude of the kingdom of heaven ; to confidence in Thee, not to sin or damnation.” P. 77.-“ Look down on us, O Lord Jesus Christ, our God —who sittest with the Father in the highest heavens, and art here invisibly present with us; and vouchsafe with thy powerful hand, to impart to us thy immaculate body and thy precious blood; and by us, to all the people.” Then dividing the holy bread into four parts, the Priest says: “ The Lamb of God is broken and divided; the Son of the Father ;' he is broken, but is not diminished; he is always eaten, but is not consumed; but he sanctifies those who are made partakers.” P. 81.–“Give me, O Lord, (says the Deacon) the precious and holy body of our Lord God, and Saviour, Jesus Christ. I give to thee (replies the Priest,) the precious, and holy, and pure body of our Lord and God, and Saviour, Jesus Christ, for the remission of sin unto life everlasting.”Then receiving himself the holy bread, he says: “I believe, O Lord, and I confess, that thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God, &c. P. 82. Deacon, approach. Behold, I come (replies the Deacon) to the Immortal King! I believe, O Lord, and I confess, that thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God,” &c. Then the Priest says: “Servant of God, Deacon N., thou dost communicate of the precious and holy body and blood of our Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ, for the remission of thy sins, and everlasting life.” Ibid. p. 83.
APOSTOLIC LITURGY.[1] - “We offer to thee, who art
- ↑ I call it so, because taken from the eighth Book of the “ Apostolic constitutions;”—a work written in the fourth century ; several passages from which are found in St. Epiphanius, Adr. Hereses.
