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Title: A church history for the use of schools and colleges
Year: 1906 (1900s)
Authors: Lövgren, Nils, 1852- Edman, August, 1848- Wahlström, M., tr Foss, C. W. (Claude William), 1855-1935
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Publisher: Rock Island, Ill., Augustana Book Concern
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
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t Con-stance, 1415). The consecrated bread (hostia), which was nowlooked upon as Christs bodily presence, became an ob-ject of worship. A special festival, Corpus Christi, wasinstituted, in 1264, to commemorate the transubstan-tiation miracle. The principal feature in the eucharist was no longerthe distribution and receiving of the consecrated ele-ments, but the sacrifice effected by reading of the mass.This sacrifice, commonly called the sacrifice of the mass,was looked upon as a repetition (though bloodless) ofthe sacrifice on the cross, and was believed to be meri-torious before God on the part of those for whom it wasoffered, and that well-nigh without regard to the per-sons spiritual condition. It could be performed notonly for those present, but also for such as were absent(private masses), and even for the dead. Only the priest could celebrate mass, and the clergywere more than ever looked up to as mediatorsbetween God and man. As large numbers were anxious 118 THE MEDIEVAL ERA
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Archbishop and Choirboys at a Liturgical Act. CONSTITUTION AND CULTUS 119 to secure these blessings many masses were required tobe said, and special arrangements were finally made forthe saying of mass by different priests at the same timein the same church. The mass became a source of greatincome, for, as a rule, it was said only in return for giftsand bequests to churches and cloisters. After the consecration of the elements their elevation tookplace at the sound of a small bell. The congregation fell upon theirknees and worshiped Christ as visibly present. Such an adorationeven took place in the streets, when the host was carried by thepriest to the sick and the dying. When preaching occurred during the Middle Ages, it took placeeither before or after the high mass and without any connectionwith the same. Charlemagne and some of the better Popes did allin their power to keep up the preaching, but for want of suitablepreachers it was allowed to decline. It often consisted of legends

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