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Title: Military and religious life in the Middle Ages and at the period of the Renaissance
Year: 1870 (1870s)
Authors: Jacob, P. L., 1806-1884
Subjects: Middle Ages Civilization, Medieval Civilization, Renaissance Costume Military art and science Christian life
Publisher: London : Bickers & Son
Contributing Library: Getty Research Institute
Digitizing Sponsor: Getty Research Institute

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204 LITURGY AND CEREMONIES. against heresy, a kind of Gloria in ecrcclsis, which was chanted in Greek inChristian assemblies at the consecration of the host, and which may betranslated thus : To thee all glory, veneration, and thanksgiving ; honourand worship to the Father, to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost, now andever, and for century upon century of infinite eternity! The peopleresponded, Amen ! In the dogmatic treatises written by Tertullian, at
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Fig. 160.—Symbol of the Trinity, arranged ver-tically—the Son at the bottom, the Father atthe top, and the Holy Ghost in the centre.The Holy Ghost descends from the mouth ofthe Father and settles on the head of theSon, and proceeds from both. Copied froma French Miniature by Count Horace deVielcastel (Fourteenth Century). Fig. 161.—The three faces of the Trinity onone head and body. At first sight is read— The Father is not the Son ; the Father isnot the Holy Ghost; the Holy Ghost is notthe Son. But, from the angles to thecentre, is also read— The Father is God;the Son is God; the Holy Ghost is God.Printed by Simon Vostre in 1524. the end of the second century, that great pagan philosopher, who hadbecome a convert to Christianity, alludes more than once to the firstattempts at a liturgy which the Church used in the administration of thesacraments. He speaks of secret meetings where the psalms were sung,the Scriptures read, and edifying discourses were delivered ; he mentions

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