Notes On the American Liturgy, for Use in Parish Instruction, And in the Preparation of Candidates for Confirmation
The book Notes On the American Liturgy, for Use in Parish Instruction, And in the Preparation of Candidates for Confirmation was written by author Perot, Elliston Joseph, 1868- Here you can read free online of Notes On the American Liturgy, for Use in Parish Instruction, And in the Preparation of Candidates for Confirmation book, rate and share your impressions in comments. If you don't know what to write, just answer the question: Why is Notes On the American Liturgy, for Use in Parish Instruction, And in the Preparation of Candidates for Confirmation a good or bad book?
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"The Body of Our Lord." — The words spoken to the communicant when the separate Elements are admin- istered have an interesting history. The earliest recorded forms were "The Body of Christ," and "The Blood of Christ," to which in both cases the communicant an- swered "Amen." About the year 600 A. D. the forms were "The Body of our Lord Jesus Christ preserve thy soul," and "The Blood of our Lord Jesus Christ preserve thy soul." Some two centuries later we find the words "unto everlasting life,"... and later still the words "which was given for thee." A famous Roman authority, Car- dinal Bona, acknowledges that "always, everywhere, from the very first foundation of the Church to the Twelfth Century, the faithful always communicated under the species of bread and wine." It was only the dogma of Transsubstantiation that made possible the teaching that communion in one kind was sufficient for the laity, and this was one of the most evident abuses corrected by the Reformation. With the English Prayer Book of 1549 (indeed even in the previous year) came the immediate restoration of communion in both kinds, with the use of the two forms of words just indicated.
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