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Introductory Notice to the Early Liturgies.
[4153] [i e., μυστικω̑ς = arcane.—Hederic.]
[4154] [This implies that the Eucharist was not (originally) celebrated every day, as a rule. See Justin Martyr, vol. i. note 1, p. 186.]
[4155] Rather “for the emperor,” says Renaudot; and the word βασιλεύς will stand this meaning.
[4156] The (κύριε ἐλέησον) Kyrie Eleëson.]
[4157] [According to 1 Tim. ii. 2.]
[4158] [Suits the first years of Diocletian.]
[4159] The Patriarch of Alexandria is meant. The word πάπας was used at first to designate all bishops; but its application gradually became more restricted, and so here the Patriarch of Alexandria is called πάπας, as being superior to the bishops of his patriarchate. [See vol. v. p. 154, and vol. vi., Introd.]
[4160] [See vol. iii. p. 689, this series.]
[4161] This is the Little Entrance. [The priest and deacon come from the prothesis bearing the Gospels. See p. 538, supra.]
[4162] [Bestowing what is meet.] The text here is defective. Some suppose that a sentence has been lost.
[4163] Given in full in chap. vi. of the Liturgy of James, p. 538, supra. [It is so worded that it must be dated later than the Council of Ephesus, a.d. 431.]
[4164] [The Trisagion is found in all the liturgies, which proves a common source and original.]
[4165] πρόσχωμεν.
[4166] [The Apostle means that the Epistle is read, and there is a prayer said (μυστικω̑ς), followed by the outburst of Hallelujah.]
[4167] See note 1, p. 538. [“Sir, bless us” (in ordinary renderings) is a Western form.]
[4168] [Here, the deacon’s words having been correctly given, the blessing of the priests shows the force of his expression.]
[4169] [I have frequently noted the Ante-Nicene ignorance of this rite among Christians, in order to illustrate these later usages as without apostolic warrant. See Irenaus, note 9, p. 484.]
[4170] τὴν συνάπτην.
[4171] [The waters of the river, rather, with reference to the Nile.]
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