Rites and Ritual

    January 20, 1866.

notes

1

Can. 21. It is referred to by Hosius at the Council of Sardica, A.D. 347.

2

See Mabillon, referred to in Introduction to vol. ii. of 'The Principles of Divine Service.' – P. 79, note z.

3

See the 'Churchman's Diary' (Masters). Another return makes the number only 328. See the 'Kalendar of the English Church.'

4

See this admirably worked out in Dr. Moberly's Sermons on the Decalogue.

5

See this proved at large in 'Principles of Divine Service,' vol. ii., pp. 284, sqq.

6

See 'Principles of Divine Service,' vol. ii., pp. 284-298.

7

So Balsamon, in the twelfth century: "Though some desire by means of this Canon to oblige those who come to Church to receive the Sacraments against their will, yet we do not; for we decide that the faithful are to stay to the end of the Divine Sacrifice; but we do not force them to communicate." – See Scudamore, 'Communion of the Faithful,' p. 58. Yet later writers acknowledged the true meaning of the Canon, though they thus condemned the existing practice of the Church. – Ibid.

8

Council of Lugo, A.D. 572; of Maçon, A.D. 585.

9

"Sæculares qui natale Domini, pascha et pentecosten non communicaverint, catholici non credantur nec inter catholicos habeantur." – Concil. Agath., c. 18.

10

Council of Paris (829).

11

Rubric at the end of the Communion Service, 1549.

12

Thus, in the Sarum Use, separate Epistles and Gospels are provided for those days throughout Advent, Epiphany, and Easter, till Whitsuntide; for Wednesdays only throughout the Trinity period.

13

See 'Principles of Divine Service,' Introd. to Part II., p. 123-129. Mr. Perry ('Declaration on Kneeling') arrives at the same conclusion.

14

See 'The Revival of the Subdiaconate,' a pamphlet; and the Suggestions of the Archdeacon of London, put forth in his Charge of 1850, and lately revised at a meeting of his Clergy of his Archdeaconry, "not without the full knowledge and sanction of the Archbishops and of the Bishop of London."

15

It is true that another part of the same exquisite volume speaks of —

"The dear feast of Jesus dying, Upon that altar ever lying, Where souls, with sacred hunger sighing, Are called to sit and eat, while angels prostrate fall."

But this is exactly an instance of the warm metonymy above spoken of, and cannot be pressed against the distinct disallowance, contained in the passage quoted in the text, of there being a personal Presence of Christ in the Elements.

16

See note at the end.

17

Rev. W. Scudamore's 'Communion of the Faithful.'

18

This is fully proved by Scudamore, 'Communion of the Faithful,' pp. 107-120.

19

Council of Trent, Session 13, c. 1. See 'Principles of Divine Service,' Introd. to vol. ii., pp. 158-187.

20

Session 22, c. 6.

21

See Mr. Keble's letter in the 'Guardian,' Jan. 24, 1866.

22

Preface concerning the Service of the Church.

23

It is provided for, as is well known, by the Act of Uniformity, 13 & 14 Car. II.