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Title: Teaching truth by signs and ceremonies;
Year: 1882 (1880s)
Authors: Meagher, James Luke, 1848- (from old catalog)
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Publisher: New York, Russell brothers
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
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Lord, that there the praises of Almighty God may be sung, following the example of David, who set singers before the altar, and by their voices made sweet melody ;5 it is dedicated to the service of the Lord, like the altar of the tabernacle made by Moses, 6 dedicated like the temple made by Solomon. 7 As their sacrifices were figures of the Mass, as their altars were figures of our altars, so their consecrations were of our consecration. The consecration of the altar is one of the longest ceremonies of the Church. It begins the night before with the 1 St. Sophia means Holy Wisdom, that is, the Son of God himself. This great church, dedicated by Justinian and Theodora, was commenced in the year 532. In 1453 when Constantinople fell into the hands of the Turks it was turned into a mosque by Mahommed II., and at present is known by the name of the Mosque of St. Sophia. 3 Martine, De Antiquis Ecclesi* Kitibus. 3 Gen. viii. 20. 4 Gen. xii. 8, » Eccl. xlvij. 11. • Exod, xj. 10, 7 II. Kings, viii,
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THE BITE OF CONSECRATION. 75 preparing of the relics of the saints, to be placed in the altar-stone, and as a sign of the light of their works and good ex-amples two candles are left burning before them.1 In themorning the ceremony begins with the reciting of prayers andpsalms and of theLitanies, during which is placed the nameof the saint after which the church is called. Then the bishopblesses near the altar the salt, ashes and wine, mixingthemwith holy water. Dipping his fingers in that mixture, hemarks the middle of the stone and its four corners with fivecrosses; then going seven times around the altar he praysthat God may deign to bless it by the invisible work of theHoly Ghost, all the time sprinkling it with holy water.Forming into a procession, then they bring the relics of thesaints, and coming place them in the altar-stone, in the littleplace called the sepulchre, which they fill with a cover anointedfive times with holy chrism. The prayer said during thattime asks the inte

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