.... . until His coming again" [as in the present Book]: "Hear us, O merciful Father, we beseech Thee; and with Thy Holy Spirit and Word vouchsafe to bless and sanctify these Thy creatures of Bread and Wine, that they may be unto us the Body and Blood of Thy most dearly beloved...

.... . until His coming again" [as in the present Book]: "Hear us, O merciful Father, we beseech Thee; and with Thy Holy Spirit and Word vouchsafe to bless and sanctify these Thy creatures of Bread and Wine, that they may be unto us the Body and Blood of Thy most dearly beloved...

...hear us, and of Thy almighty goodness vouchsafe to bless and sanctify with Thy Word and Holy Spirit these Thy gifts and creatures of Bread and Wine, that they may become the Body and Blood of Thy most dearly beloved Son.1 And we earnestly desire Thy Fatherly goodness...

...Son." Our American Liturgy observes the same Holy Orthodox order, and similarly invokes the Holy Spirit "to bless and sanctify" "these Thy gifts and creatures of Bread and Wine; that we receiving them . . . may be partakers of His most blessed Body and Blood." It is carefully to be...

...remembrance,' &c. In a similar spirit the ' Invocation ' of the Holy Ghost on the elements — ' that they be unto us the body and blood of thy most dearly beloved Son '— was removed ( together with use of the sign of the cross ) from the prayer of consecration. From...

...Masses for the dead. And because there was a prayer for the Holy Spirit " to bless and sanctify the Bread and Wine that they may be unto us the Body and Blood of Christ," he argued that that was tantamount to transubstantiation. He cleverly, also, seized the point...

...the old doctrine of the Church expressed in the prayer of consecration, where the words were — " to bless and sanctify these thy gifts and creatures...blood of thy most dearly beloved Son, Jesus Christ." But Cranmer put a receptionist interpretation on the words "be unto us " and denied that they indicated...

...Cross for our redemption.' The first of them contains a petition for the blessing and sanctifying of ' these Thy gifts and creatures of Bread and Wine, that...Blood of Thy most dearly beloved Son Jesus Christ.' It contains also the words ' We Thy humble servants do celebrate, and make here before Thy Divine Majesty,...

...we beseech Thcc, and with Thy holy Spirit and word vouchsafe to blfess and sancftify these Thy gilts and creatures of bread and wine, that they may be...blood of Thy most dearly beloved Son Jesus Christ." This is not an exact translation of any known epitlesis, and Cranmer please Thee to give to all natkms...

...an invocation derived from the Liturgy of Saint Basil, "Hear us, O merciful Father, we beseech thee; and with thy holy spirit and word, vouchsafe to bless...these thy gifts and creatures of bread and wine." "Word" surely meant the institution narrative. He had combined in this epiclesis both the Eastern and...