St. Cyrilin Catech. The Clementine Lit. Chryf. Μεμνημένοι τοίνω δ σώζη είς ταύτης εντολής, κ πάντων ἢ ὑπὲρ ἡμῶν γελυημένων, το σαυρέ, το τάφε, τῆς τριημέρα ανατάσεως, ο εἰς ἐρανες αναβάσεως, ἐκ δεξιῶν καθέδρας, τῆς δευτέρας και ενδόξει πάλιν παρεσίας, τὰ σὰ εκτίσῶν σοι προσφέρομθμ [f. προσφέροντες vid. Lit. Ba/.] και πάλα και δια πάντα σὲ ὑμνῆμον, σὲ εὐλογέμερ, σοὶ εὐχαρις μ κύριε. Lit. Baf. Μεμνημένοι εν, δέσποζα, κα ἡμεῖς ἢ σωτηρίων αυτό παθημάτων, το ζωοποιό σαυρέ, δ τριημέρα ταφῆς, ἐκ νεκρῶν ἀνατάσεως, τῆς εἰς ἐρανὸς ἀνίδες, τῆς ἐκ δεξιῶν σὲ τὸ Θεὸ καὶ πατρὸς καθέ δρας το εδίξω και φοβερᾶς αὐτὲς παρεσίας, τὰ σὰ ἐκ τῶν σῶν σοι προσφέροντες, και πάνα καὶ διὰ πάλα σὲ ὑμνε μψ, σὲ εὐλογερμα σὰ εὐχαρις με κύριες that Cup, which he commanded us to do, [i. e. again, to offer] with Thanksgiving, in Commemoration of his Blood-vid. et. p. 119. The prefent Liturgy of St. James. c f furrection from the Dead on the third Day, his Afcenfion into Heaven, and fitting at the right Hand of Thee his God and Father, and his second glorious and terrible Advent, when he fhall come again with glory to with glory to judge the Quick and the Dead," and shall render to every one according to his Works, we Sinners" offer to Thee, O Lord, this tremendous and unbloody Sacrifice: Befeeching Thee, that thou wouldst not deal with us after our Sins, nor reward us after our Iniquities; but according to thy Clemency and ineffable Love to Mankind, ❝ over-looking and blotting out the Hand-writing that is against us" thy Servants, h wouldft grant us thy heavenly and eternal Gifts, which Eye hath not feen, nor Ear heard, nor have entred into the Heart of Man, which thou haft prepared for them that love Thee, O God, and reject not the People for me and my Sins, O Lord, thou lover of Men" for thy People, and thy Church" make their Supplications unto Thee. The ancient Liturgy of the Church of Jerufalem. tion from the Dead on the third Day, his" Afcenfion into Heaven, and fitting at the right Hand of Thee his God and Father, and his fecond + glorious and terrible Advent, when he fhall come again with glory to judge the Quick and the Dead, and shall render to every one according to his Works, we [Sinners] offer to Thee, O Lord, this tremendous and unbloody Sacrifice: Befeeching Thee, that thou wouldst not deal with us after our Sins, nor reward us after our Iniquities; but according to thy Clemency and ineffable Love to Mankind, over-looking and || blotting out the Hand-writing that is against us thy Servants, wouldft grant us thy heavenly and eternal * Gifts, for thy People, and thy Church" make their Supplications unto thee. b Iren. expreffeth it, . 4. c. 34) confifts ix duo wçayπραγ μάτων, ἐπιγείς τε καὶ ἐρανία, of two Things, the earthly and the heavenly; and as all the gana heavenly Things, or imagára fuper celeftial, are in the Language of the N. Teft. diva eternal, fo the Eucharift in particular may very fitly be fo called because it is φάρμακον ἀθανασίας, ἀντίδοος τὸ μὴ ἀποθανεῖν ἀλλὰ Τὴν ἐν Ἰησε Χρισῷ διὰ πανιός, the Medicine of Immortality, our Antidote that we bould not die, but live for ever in Chrift Jefus. S. Ignat. Ep. ad Ephef. c. 20. Al. xλngoropía Inheritance; vid. Lit. Syr. St. Cyril in Catech. The Clementine Myft. V. Liturgy. furrection from the Dead, his Afcenfion into Heaven, and his fecond Advent, when he fhall come again with Glory and Power to judge the Quick and the Dead, and to render to every Man according to his Works, we offer to Thee, our King and our God, according to his Inftitution, this Bread and this Cup, giving Thanks to thee through him, * [for that thou haft vouchsafed us to ftand before Thee, and to facrifice unto Thee.] more especially to the Paffion and Death, Re furrection, Afcenfion and fecond Advent of our Part of the Liturgies of St. Mark; furrection from the Dead on the third Lit. Chryf. Wherefore in Commemoration of this his falutary Command, and of all those things which he did for us, his Crofs, his Burial, his Refurrection on the third Day, his Afcenfion into Heaven, his fitting at thy right Hand, and his fecond and glorious Advent, we offer [f. offering, fee Lit. Baf] to Thee thy own out of thy own, in all and for all we fing Hymns to Thee, we blefs Thee, we give Thanks to Thee, O Lord. Lit. Baf. Wherefore, O Lord, in Commemoration of his falutary Paffions, his life-giving Crofs, his being three Days in the Grave, his Refurrection from the Dead, his Afcenfion into Heaven, his fitting at the right Hand of Thee his God and Father, and his glorious and terrible Advent, giving Thanks, imports offering to Thee thy own out of thy own, in all and for all we fing Hymns to Thee, we blefs Thee, we give Thanks to Thee, O Lord. we offer to thee this Sa- G The prefent Liturgy of St. James. 2 [Pop.] * Ελέησον ἡμᾶς Κύριε ὁ Θεὸς, ὁ Παλὴρ ὁ παντοκράτωρ, [Saccrd.] Ελίησον ἡμᾶς ὁ θεὸς ὁ παντοκράτως, ἐλέησον ἡμᾶς ὁ θεὸς ὁ σωτὴς ἡμῶν· ἐλέησον ἡμᾶς ὁ Θεὸς καὶ τὸ μέγα έλεός σε, καὶ ἐξαπόσειλον ἐφ' ἡμᾶς καὶ ἐπὶ τὰ προκείμθμα δῶρα ταῦτα τὸ πνεῦμά σε τὸ πανάξιον [Deinde inclinata cervice dicit] τὸ κύριον καὶ ζωοποιόν, τὸ σύνθρονον σοὶ τῷ θεῷ καὶ πατρὶ, καὶ τῷ μονογενεῖ σε υιῷ, τὸ συμβασιλεῦον, τὸ ὁμούσιον τε καὶ συναΐδιον, τὸ λαλῆς σαν ἐν νόμῳ καὶ προφήταις, καὶ τῇ κοινῇ σε διαθήκη· τὸ καλαβὼν ἐν εἴδει περιστρᾶς ἐπὶ τὸν Κύριον ἡμῶν Ἰησῶν Χρισὸν ἐν τῷ Ἰορδάνη ποταμῷ, καὶ μεῖναν ἐπ ̓ αὐτόν· τὸ καλαθὼν ἐπὶ τὰς ̓Αποςόλες σε ἐν εἴδει πυρίνων γλωσσών ἐν τῷ ὑπερῴῳ τῆς ἁγίας καὶ ἐνδόξει Σιῶν, ἐν τῇ ἡμέρᾳ τῆς πεντηκοσῆς· αὐτὸ τὸ πνεῦμα σε τὸ πανάδιον καλάπεμψον δέσποῖα ἐφ' ἡμᾶς, καὶ ἐπὶ τὰ προκείμενα ἅδια δῶρα ταῦτα & erigens fe exclamat] ἵνα ἐπιφοιῆσαν τῇ ἁγίᾳ, κὴ ἀγαθῇ, καὶ ἐνδόξῳ αὐτῷ παρεσίᾳ, ἁγίασῃ καὶ ποιήσῃ τὸν μὲν ἄρτον τᾶτον σῶμα ἅδιον το Χριςό σε, [Pop.] 'Αμήν. καὶ τὸ ποτήριον τἔτο αἷμα τίμιον τὸ Χρισέ σε [Pop.] Αμήν. ἵνα γύηται πᾶσι τοῖς ἐξ αὐτῶν μεταλαμβάνεσιν εἰς ἄφεσιν ἁμαρτιῶν καὶ εἰς ζωὴν αἰώνιον, εἰς ἀδιασμὸν ψυχῶν καὶ σωμάτων, εἰς καρποφοείαν ἔργων ἀπαθῶν ὁ εἰς σηρι[μὸν τῆς ἁγίας σε καθολικῆς ἐκκλησίας, ἣν ἐθεμελίωσας ἐπὶ τὴν πέτραν τῆς πίσεως, ἵνα πύλαι ᾅδε μὴ κατισχύσωσιν αὐτῆς, ξυόμενο αὐτὴν ἀπὸ πάσης αιρέσεως καὶ σκανδάλων καὶ ἐργαζομένων τὴν ἀνομίαν, διαφυλάττων αὐτὴν μέχρι τῆς συντελείας τὸ αἰώνα. • Lit. Syr. Miferere nobis Deus Pater omnipotens, & mitte Spiritum tuum fan&tum-ut adveniens efficiat panem iftum Corpus-Have mercy upon uus, Ο God, Almighty Father,. and fend down thy holy Spirit-that by his Defcent upon them, he may make this Bread the Body This is undoubtedly an Interpolation, and does not feem to make good Senfe, that the προκείμενα δῶρα, the Gifts fet before God, as made the Body and Blood of Chrift by the Defcent of the holy Spirit upon them, fhould be τοῖς ἐξ αὐτῶν μεταλαμβάνεσιν, τo all who partake of them, for the Confirmation of the holy Catholick Church, c. The ancient Liturgy of the Church of Jerufalem. τα * Ελέησον ἡμᾶς Κύριε ὁ Θεὸς, ὁ Πατὴρ ὁ πανοκράτωρ, ἐλέησον ἡμᾶς καὶ τὸ μέγα ἐλεός σε, καὶ ἐξαπέςειλον ἐφ' ἡμᾶς, καὶ ἐπὶ δῶρα ταῦτα τὸ πνεῦμά σε τὰ προκείμθμα δῶρα ταῦτα τὸ ἅδιον, ἢ ἵνα ἐπιφοιτῆσαν ποιήσῃ τὸν μὲν ἄρτον τότον Σῶμα ἅδιον το Χρις σε, το πλήριον τέτο Αἷμα τίμιον το Χριτο σε ἵνα γένηται πᾶσι τοῖς ἐξ αὐτῶν μετ ταλαμβάνεσιν εἰς ἄφεσιν ἁμαρτιῶν, καὶ εἰς ζωὴν αἰώνιον * [εἰς ἀδιασμὸν ψυχῶν ή σως μάτων 7 εἰς καρποφορίαν ἔργων ἀπαθῶν,] * Ephram Syrus Orat. de Sacerd. Τ. 1. p. 20. Mifericordiam & indulgentiam a Rege mifericorde poftulans, ut Spiritus San&us pariter descendat sanctificetque dona in terris propofita. Afking Mercy and Indulgence from the merciful King, that the holy Spirit may defcend upon, and fantify the Gifts Jet before God on Earth. Optat. Milev. L. vi. cont. Parmen. Quo Deus omnipotens invocatus fit, quo poftulatus defcendit Spiritus Sanftus. Where God Almighty is invoked, and beboly Spirit being called for defcenas † S. Gr. p. 300. ἅγια τὰ προκείμενα, ἐπιφοίτησιν δεξάμενα αγίω πνεύμα, holy are the Gifts which are fet before God [or le in open view] having received με the Defcent of the holy Spirit upon them. a What I have here inclofed in Hooks, if it be not to be left out altogether, as in Frag. Iren. and as may feem probable alfo from the Prayer immediately before the Communion, p. 57. where the Pried prayeth ἵνα ἄξιοι γενώμεθα κοινωνοὶ καὶ μέτοχοι γενέσθαι τῶν ἁγίων σε μυσηρίων, εἰς ἄφεσιν ἁμαρτιῶν καὶ εἰς ζωὴν αιώνιον, that we may be made worthy to be Communicants and Partakers of thy holy Myfteries, for the Remiffion of Sins, and for Life everlafting; and likewife from what I take to have been the Bidding of the Deacon to the Thanksgiving after communicating, ὅτι ἠξίωσας [1. ἠξίωσεν] ἡμᾶς μετασχεῖν τῷ σώμαίαν καὶ αἵματα σε [1. Χρισε] εἰς ἄφεσιν ἁμαρτιῶν καὶ εἰς ζωὴν αἰώνιον, that thou baft vouchfafcd l. he hath vouchsafed] to make us Partakers of thy Body and Blood [l. the Body and Blood of Chrift] for the Remiffion of Sins and for Life everlasting. If it be not, I fay, to be left out altogether, fhould, I think, be placed rather immediately after μεταλαμβάνεσιν, par take of them, and before εἰς ἄφεσιν, &c. for Remifion, &c. Thus S. Cyr. p. 274. according to the Reading of M. S. Bod. μεταλαβεῖν μυτηρίων εἰς ἁγιασμὸν ψυχῶν καὶ σωμάτων, εἰς ἄφεσιν ἁμαρτιῶν, καὶ εἰς βασι I λείας The Clementine 'In Καὶ ἀξι μέν σε ὅπως εὐμπρῶς ἐπιβλέψης ἐπὶ τὰ προς κείμενα δῶρα ταῦτα ἐνώπιόν σε, ὁ ἀνενδεὴς Θεὸς, καὶ εὐδοκήσης ἐπ ̓ αὐτοῖς εἰς τις μὴν τὸ Χρισέ σε, και καταπέμψης το απιόν σε πνεῦμα ἐπὶ τίω θυσίαν ταύτην, το μάρτυρα παθη μάτων τῷ Κυρίῳ Ἰησε, ὅπως ἀποφήνῃ τ ἄρον το τον Σῶμα το Χριςός σε, καὶ τὸ πήρχον τ8το Αἷμα το Χριςός σε, ἵνα οι μεταλαβόντες αυτο βεβαιωθῶσι πρὸς εὐ σέβειαν, ἀφέσεως αν μαρλημάτων τύχωσι, το διαβόλα καὶ τ πλάνης αυτό ῥυθῶς σι, πνεύμα ο ἁγία πληρωθῶσιν, ἄξιοι το Χριςο σε γένωνται, ζωῆς αἰωνίς τύχωσι, σε καταλλα a Part of the Liturgies of St. Mark, St. Chryfoftom and St. Bafil. Lit. Mar. Και δεόμεθα και παρακαλ μέν σε φιλάνθρωπε, ἀγαθὲ, ἐξαπέσειλον ἐξ ὕψος τῇ ἁγία σε ἐξ ἑτοίμε κατοικήθη eis σε ἐφ' ἡμᾶς, καὶ ἐπὶ τὰς ἄρτες τέτες, καὶ ἐπὶ τὰ ποδήρια ταῦτα τὸ πνεῦ μά σε τὸ ἅδιον, ἵνα αὐτὰ ἀδιάση— ποι σῃ τὸν μὲν ἄρτον Σῶμα, τὸ ἢ ποτήριον Αἵματι Κυρίοἡμῶν Ἰησδ Χρις ἵνα λύωνται πᾶσιν ἡμῖν τοῖς ἐξ αὐτῶν μελα λαμβάνεσιν εἰς πίςιν, εἰς νῆψιν, εἰς ἴασιν, εἰς σωφροσιώύω, εἰς ἀδιασμὸν, εἰς [1. καὶ] ἐπανανέωσιν ψυχῆς [add *] σώματα [ πνεύμα] @], εἰς κοινωνίαν μακαριότη ζωῆς αἰωνίς καὶ ἀφθαρσίας a I would incline to think this fhould be rather in the fingular Number, καὶ ἐπὶ τὸν ἄρτον τῦτον καὶ ἐπὶ τὸ ποτήριον πάτο, and upon this Bread and this Cup, as it is immediately after. See 1 Cor. x. 17. S. Ignat. Ep. ad Eph. c. xx. ἵνα ἄρτον κλῶντες, breaking one Bread. And Ep. ad. Philad. c. 4. ἓν ποτήριον εἰς ἕνωσιν τὸ αἷμαῖος αὐτο, one Cup in the Unity of his Blood. * I have inclos d » πνεύματα, and Spirit, in Hooks, because Iren. Frag Edit.a Pfaf. καὶ ἐλαῦθα τὴν προσφορὰν τελέσαντες, ἐκκαλῶμεν τὸ πνεῦ μα τὸ ἄδιον, ὅπως αποφήνῃ τὴν θυσίαν ταύτην καὶ τὸν ἄρτον Σῶμα το Χρισε, καὶ τὸ που τήριον τὸ Αἷμα τὸ Χρισῦ, ἵνα οἱ μεταλαβόντες τέτων τῶν ἀνύπων, τῆς ἀφέσεως τῶν αμαρτιῶν, καὶ τῆς ζωῆς αἰωνία τύχωσιν. Then having performed the Oblation, wue invoke the holy Spirit, that he may make this Sacrifice and Bread the Body of Chrift, and the Cup the Blood of Chrift, that they who partake of thefe Antitypes, may ob tain Remifion of Sins, and Life overlaping. Vid. & contra Harelos I. IV. c. 34. |