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Title: A history of the mass and its ceremonies in the eastern and wester church
Year: 1879 (1870s)
Authors: O'Brien, John, 1841-1879
Subjects: Catholic Church Eastern churches Mass Lord's Supper (Liturgy)
Publisher: New York, The Catholic publication society co.
Contributing Library: PIMS - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto

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anuscripts and liturgicalwritings, there has always been much dispute. We incline,for our part, to the side of those who derive it from theGreek Spa, an hour, because it was by waving the Ora-rium that the deacon pointed out the different hours orstages during divine service at wliich the choir would singor the congregation pray. And this is in keeping with theOriental discipline yet. It must be remembered, too, thatthe name Orarion was peculiar only to the Stole of thedeacon ; that of the priest was always called Epitrachelion. AVe had almost forgotten to mention that at one time, atleast as far back as the ninth century, priests and bishops,even when they were not in church, always wore the Stoleas part of their ecclesiastical dress and as a distinctive markof their dignity. The Council of Mayence, held in a.d.813 under Pope Leo III., thus decreed upon this subject :Let priests use the Stole without intermission, on accountof the difference of tlie priestly dignity. According to the
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