Abgarus, King of Edessa, his cure and
conversion, 325.

ABLUTION, the ceremonial rinsing of the
Chalice after the Celebration of
Holy Communion. It is done with
wine and water, which are reverently
drunk by the Priest. [See sixth Rub-
ric after Communion Office, 398.]
Abolition of early Liturgies of Europe,
346.

ABSOLUTION, the priestly act whereby
the pardon of God is conveyed to peni-
tents. Also the form of words em-
ployed.
Absolution in Communion Office, 381;
in Mattins and Evensong, 183, 381;
Manual Sar. on, 468, n. 1; of Sick,
467; power of, when first stated, 664,
691; form of conveying power of, 691.
ABSTINENCE, a moderated kind of Fast-
ing.

Accession Service, 119, 570 n., 703, 706.
Accessories of Divine Worship, Compari-
son of Rubrics, 64; the Reformers'
standard in the time of Elizabeth,
63.

"Accustomed duty" to Priest and Clerk,
453.

Act authorizing drawing up of the Eng-
lish Ordinal, 660; same repealed, 661;
authorizing use of Ordinal 1566, 662.
Act 5 Geo. IV., Omission of Burial Office,

476.

Act 22 Vict., repealing the State Services,
706.

Acta Sanctorum, 127.

AFFUSION, the pouring of the water on
recipients of Holy Baptism, as distin-
guished from Aspersion or Sprinkling.
[See IMMERSION.]

Affusion, Baptism by, 404, 416.

66

After," its Liturgical sense, 182.
Agatha, St., 136.

Age, Canonical, for Ordination, 665,
673.

Agnes, St., Benediction of lambs at her
Church, 132.

Aholiab, his inspired wisdom given for
Ceremonial Worship, 45.
Aidan, St., 128, 140.
AISLE, the side or wing of a Church,
separated from the Nave by the arcade,
i.e. the piers and arches.
ALB, or ALBE, the close-fitting white
linen tunic or coat worn by the Priest
and his assistants at the celebration of
Holy Communion, 79.

Alban, St., the first recorded British
Martyr, 152.

Albanopolis, Martyrdom of St. Bartholo-
mew, 337.

Alcuin, Quotations from, on Candlemas,
326.

Alderson, Baron, on publication of banns,
447.

Aless, Translator of the Prayer Book into
Latin, 20.

Alexandria, St. Mark martyred there,

330; catechetical school of, 428; Lit-
urgy of, 345; use of "Missa Sicca" at,
397.

Alexandrine Manuscript and the Te
Deum, 190.

"All conditions of men," Prayer for, its
authorship and intention, 238.
"All holy Martyrs'" Festival, 302.
All Saints' Festival, 341; Sarum Psalms,
516, 530, 543, 581, 583, 585, 594, 603,
620.

Allegation of impediment at time of Mar-
riage, 451.

Acts of Queen Mary repealed, 84.
Acts of Uniformity, Edw. VI. [1549], 84;
[1552], 84; Eliz. [1559], 84; Charles
II. [1662], 88; Vict. [1872], 93; what it
empowers the Sovereign to authorize,
82; 14th Charles II. and Canons, 67.
Admission of Catechumen, how repre-
sented in our Office, 409.
Admonition before Marriage, 450.
Adoption included in New Birth, 406. Allegiance, Oath of, required of Bishops
Adullam, Cave of, 555, 643.
in Greek Church, 696.
Adults, Baptism of, 424.
Allegiance and Conformity, Declaration
Advent "O Sapientia" Antiphon, 249; of, in Act of Uniformity, 89.
Ember days, 248; First Sunday- "Alloweth," old word for "approves and
what is represented, 246; Fourth Sun-
accepts," 411.
day-alteration in the Collect, 249; Almanacks, Prohibited times for Mar-
general principle of its observance, riage in, 447.
that of our own Church, 245; how Alms, Offering of, 378.
kept in the Eastern Church, 245; how Alphabet Psalms, 616-623.
observed anciently by the "Religious,” | Alphege, St., 144.
246; its observance primitive under
another name, 245; said to be insti-
tuted by St. Peter, 245; observed as a
Lent, 245; Rule for finding, 116, 245;
Epistles and Gospels for Wednesdays
and Fridays, 246; as a preparation for
Christmas, 246; Second, events pre-
ceding it, 596; period of, 592.
Advents of the Lord, 548.
Advertisements and Injunctions of Queen
Elizabeth, 64, 65.

Elfric, Injunctions on vernacular teach-
ing, 3; Canons of, on Communion of
Sick, 472.

ALTAR, the "Table of the Lord," where-
on the Christian Sacrifice of the Euch-
arist is offered to God.
Altar, a term properly applied to the
Lord's Table, 357, 370; early names
for, 357; of stone or wood, 357;
wooden in Eastern Church, 357; in
private house, 357; its position and
decorations in primitive times, 357; of
St. Peter at Rome, 357; of St. Cuth-
bert at Durham, 357; the, seen by St.
John, its arrangement, 47; rails, 370.
Altar-lights, 357.

Alterations at the Revision of 1559, 23;

|

Amalgamation of Offices for Private and
Public Baptism, 423.

Ambrose and Augustine, SS., and the
Te Deum, 189.

Ambrose, St., on Amen after Prayer of
Consecration, 390; on Benediction of
Water, 414; on Burial, 475; case of
private Celebration, 473; on Confir
mation, 437; tradition respecting him,
144; excommunicates the Emperor-
introduced Metrical Hymns, 144; his
influence over Western Church Music,
55; his writings-contests with Heresy
-saying attributed to him, 144; on
Marriage, 446; on Prayer of Invoca-
tion in Confirmation, 442; on trine
immersion, 404; what he says of the
Psalms, 499.

Ambrosian Rite, 144, 221, 345.
Amen after Lord's Prayer, 185; after
Prayer of Consecration, 390; on re-
ceiving consecrated Elements, 392.
American Church, Burial Office of, 482;
Prayer Book, 42; Prayer Book, its
variations from that of England, 42;
Liturgy in extenso, 368; Liturgy re-
ferred to, 350, 373, 375.

AMICE, one of the minor Eucharistic
vestments, 79.

Amphibalus sheltered by St. Alban, 152.
Ampulla of St. Remi, at Rheims, 168.
Anabaptism, its growth during the Great

Rebellion, 98; rendered baptism of
Adults necessary, 424.
Anabaptist heresy protested against, 411.
ANAPHORA, the most solemn portion of
the Eastern Liturgy, beginning with
the Sursum Corda, and including the
Consecration, 346.

Ancient Customs in Baptism, 408, 412.
Ancient English Collects, 5, 214, 237,
300, 302, 305, 328, 338.
Ancient English Exhortation at Com-
munion, 382; at Baptism, 419; at
Marriage, 450.

Ancient English Questions and Exhorta-
tions in Communion of Dying, 464.
Ancient English Service of Aspersion, 6.
Ancient English version of Nicene Creed,
375.

Ancient English versions of Lord's
Prayer, 5; of Apostles' Creed, 212.
Ancient Form of Confession, Misereatur,
and Absolution, 184.
Ancient Offices for Churching of Women,
486.

Ancient precedent for the Thanksgiving
after Baptism, 418.

Andrew, St., affecting words at his
crucifixion, 324; his Festival, 323;
his History, 324; his labours and mar
tyrdom, 324; patron of the Scotch and
Russian Churches, 324.

Andrewes, Bishop, on catechizing, 430;
on Churching of Women, 487; on
Eucharistic Commemoration of De-

parted, 394; on the Absolution, 184;
suggestion as to the sentences, 181;
on meaning of Kaтnxéw, 428; on Offer-
ings at Churchings, 488; quotation,
227; used Wafer Bread, 398.
Angel, primitive name for Bishops, 657.
Angelical Hymn, 395.
Angels, why commemorated, 339; their
names, 339; their presence at the Holy
Eucharist, 387.
Anglican Communion, aspect of, as re-
gards Ornaments, towards the rest of
Christendom, 74.

Anne, St., mother of Blessed Virgin
Mary, 156.

Annotine Easter, 293.
Annunciation, The, mentioned by many of
the earliest writers, 329.
ANOINTING OF THE SICK, an Apostolic
practice of which Extreme Unction is
declared in the Articles to be a
"cor-
rupt following.' [See Visitation of the
Sick, 460, 470.]
Anointing at Baptism in Sarum rite, 416,
Orig.; Prayer Book of 1549, 416, n.;
Office of 1549 for, 470; Oil, 544.
Anselm, St., "I put Thy precious Pas-
sion," etc., 465.

Answer of all the people, 187.
ANTHEM, a musical composition sung
after the Third Collect at Mattins and
Evensong. The term used to be ap-
plied to the Canticles. [Rubric before
Venite exultemus.]

Anthem, Form of the word, in various
languages, 60.

Anthem or Hymn, valuable Auxiliaries,

62; how they may popularize Church
doctrine, 62; should respond to the
service of the day, 62.

Anthem, in Burial Office, 480; in Visita-
tion of Sick, 461; its proper place in
the Service, 61; not rubrically recog
nized till 1661, 61; Synonym for Anti-
phonal, or Responsive Music, 60; to
what we owe the modern ones, 60.
Anthems, in the Injunctions of Edward
VI., 13.

Anthymn, mistake of Barrow and John-
son, 60.

Antichrist, instrument of the Evil One,
642; City of, 547; Church of, 560; final
contest with him, 574, 575; ten king-
doms of, 585; Antichrist prefigured by
Sehon, Og, etc., 638; subjugation of,
509, 594, 596; types of, 551.
Antichristianism, a compromise, 511.
Antioch, a great intellectual and theo-
logical centre, 54; its early Church
Singing and Music, 54.
Antiphon of the Litany, 576; at burials

in Mediæval Church, 481; Salvator
mundi in Visitation of Sick, 469; Ne
reminiscaris in Visitation of Sick, 461.
Antiphonal Singing, its early introduc-
tion, 54; structure of Psalms, 636.
Antiphons as examples of the use of Holy
Scripture in Acts of Adoration, 249;
for third and fourth weeks in Advent,
249.
Anti-ritual party, 1564-65, Remonstrance
of the Queen, 65.

Apostles and Evangelists, Sarum Psalms,

516, 530, 543, 546, 558, 560, 598, 600,
615, 617, 620, 632, 640.
Apostles, succession of Ministry from,
655; Bishops ordained by, 657; insti-
tution of the Order by our Lord, 655;
power and authority of, 655; the three
chosen ones pillars of the Church, 254;
mystically signified by stars, 638;
their office as rulers foretold, 566;
their tribes, 565; care for the faith of
their converts, 196.

Apostolate, in substance an Episcopate,
655.

Apostolic Christianity, how it reached
Britain, 1; "hours of prayer," con-
stitutions quoted, 177; usages in Holy
Eucharist, 344; practice of Confirma-
tion, 437.

Apostolical Constitutions on Benediction
of Water, 414; forbade single immer-
sion, 404; on Gloria in Excelsis, 395;
on Lord's Prayer after Baptism, 418.
Apostolical Succession, Scriptural autho-
rity for, 657; Patristic authority for,
657; of Church of England, 656, 668-

672.

Appendix to Burial Office, 483; to Com
munion Office, 361; of four Prayers to
Visitation of the Sick, 460, 470.
APRON, Bishop's, a short cassock, so
called from having all cut away except
what is sufficient to cover the front of
the person from the neck to the knees.
Archbishop of Canterbury, legatus natus,
446; his apostolic descent, 668-672.
Archdeacon, duties of, in connection with
Ordination, 674, 683.

Arian Form of Baptism, 403; heretics,
their alteration of the Gloria Patri,
186.

Arius, Heresy of, 217.

Arles, Council of, on Lay Baptism, 404.
Armenian Church, their time of observing
Christmas, 257.

Article XXV., on Marriage, 458; on
Sacraments, 435; XXVI. and XXXI.
on Eucharistic Sacrifice, 390; XXVII.
on Infant Baptism, 407; XXVIII.,
explanatory of “Black” Rubric, 399.
Articles accessory to Divine Service not
expressly mentioned, not forbidden,
68; of the Christian Faith, 432;
stablish Christian quietness," 1536,
419, Orig., and n.

'to

Asaph and his brethren choristers, 51.
Ascension Day noticeable, Ritual pro-
vision for it, 298; Sunday after, signi-
ficant name of, 299; Psalms, 511, 518,
521, 546, 613.

Ascension-tide, Sarum Psalms, 516, 518.
Ash-Wednesday, Commination Service
on, 490; Psalms, 504, 529, 536, 549,
601, 634, 643; its name ancient and
popular, 268.

Ashes, Benediction of, 268, 490.
ASPERSION. [See AFFUSION.]
Aspersion of Holy Water, English Form
for, 6.

Assent and Consent of the Clergy, 89.
Athanasian Creed, its reputed Author-
ship, 216.

Athanasius, St., baptized some boys when
himself a boy, 404; discouraged much
musical inflection in saying the Divine
Offices, 56; on Gloria in Excelsis, 395.
Atheism, more subtle than open, 511.
Athelstan's Psalter, Gloria in Excelsis in,
395.

Augustine, St., and Te Deum, 160; on
burials, 475; on catechizing, 428; on
"children of God," 432; on Cross in
Baptism, 402, n. 5; on Cross in Bene-
diction of Water, 415, n. 1; effect on
him of Church Music, 54; regarding
ceremonies, 107; on Christianity in
Britain, 453; on "the Lord is King,"
599; on Infant Baptism, 407; on Lay
Baptism, 405; on Manichæan rejection
of Water, 403; on Marriage, 446; note
from his Confessions, 190; on the early
use of Psalm xxii., 519; on obligations
of Sponsors, 434; prayed for his de-
ceased mother, 476; Sermon on St.
Stephen's Day, 251; on Sursum Corda,
386; visited the sick, 460.

Augustine, St., of Canterbury, his Mission
from St. Gregory, 148; false impres-
sions of, 1; his difficulties with the
British Church, 1; Archbishop of Can-
terbury, 148; revision of English
Liturgy, 346, 347.

Auricular Confession, 466; use of, 381.
Authority, who in place of, 96.
Authorities used in Annotated Prayer
Book, viii., xv.

Average age of mankind, 593.

Babylon, the Mystical, 546, 573, 639.
Bacon, Lord, his saying respecting Non-
conformists, 31.

Baker, Sir Richard, on the Lord's Prayer,
185.

BALDACHIN, a canopy placed above the
Altar, and generally projecting from
the wall behind it.
Bancroft, Bishop, his collection of Canons,
66.

BANNS, the publication in Church of
intended marriages, 376, 446.
Banns, rubric on, incorrectly printed in
modern Prayer Books, 447.
BAPTISM, the initiatory Sacrament,
wherein we are born again of water
and of the Holy Ghost.
Baptism, the actual administration, 416;
of Adults, 424; administration of, in
6th century, 402; administration of,
in Primitive Church, 402; allowed in
private houses to royal children by a
mediæval rubric, 407; ancient customs
in, 408, 412; answers on, in Catechism,
431-433, 435, 436; by father of child,
why not seemly, 408; clinic, 404; con-
ditional, 423; earliest Office for, 402,
403; its effect, 405; essentials of, 403;
evidence on, from Acts of Apostles,
401;

"Form" in, 402; variation of,
404; history of, 401; how long after
birth, 420; how typified in the begin-
ning of Miracles, 260; of Infants, 401;
Introduction to Offices for, 401; itera
tion of, 409; Jewish, 401; of St. John
Baptist, 401; "Matter" in, 403; the
Minister of, 404, 425; not to be de-
layed, 407, 420; of the world by the
Deluge, 410; of our Lord, consecrated
water, 258; of our Lord, anciently
commemorated, 258; Private, 420;
Public, Office for, 407; in Riper Years,
424; by sprinkling, 404; by surgeons,
405; by women, 405; time for, 408;
uses of word in New Testament, 401;
Verbal and typical foreshadowings of,
401; Vows, 412.

Βάπτισμα, Βαπτίζω, Βάπτω, 401.
Baptismal Office-its former Preface, 288.
Barnabas, St., Festival, Epistle, and

traditions respecting him, 332; his
alleged Epistle, 332; on duration of
world, 593.

Bartholomew, St., identified by some
with Nathanael, 337; traditions re-
specting him, 337.

Barwick, Dean, first to restore the Choral
service in 1660, 28.

Basil, St., on daily offices of the Primitive
Church, 177; on Baptismal Renuncia-
tion, 413; his Epistle to Neocæsarea,
221; Liturgy of, 345; on Marriage,
446; on trine immersion, 404.
Baxter, his objection to pray after Mar-
riage Service, 457; Prayer Book of,
31, 97.

Bees swarming on mouth of St. Ambrose,
144.

"Before the People" in Communion
rubric explained, 388.

Beheading of St. John Baptist, 161.
Beleth, his authority for St. Jerome's
Lectionary, 244.

Belief, vow of, in Baptism, 413.

Bellarmine on the Episcopate as an Order
jure divino, 693.

Bells on Maundy Thursday, and Easter
Eve, 288.

Benedicite, its proper doxology, 193;
of Jewish origin, 192; when to be sub-
stituted for the Te Deum, 190, 193.
Benedict, St., Life of, 141; his Rule,
141; his Rule for the daily offices,
177; his Rule, the earliest direct
mention of the Te Deum, 189; his Rule
on the Gloria Patri, 186.
Benedict and Gregory, SS., their prac-
tice, on what based, 177.
Benedictio Fontis, 414, 415, Orig.
Benedictio Sacramentalis, after Marriage,
457.

BENEDICTION, the priestly act whereby
the blessing of God is conveyed to the
faithful.

Benediction in Confirmation, 444; in
Communion Office, 396; of Elements,
the nucleus of the Liturgy, 344; on
Easter Even in Early English Church,
288; of Font, 402, 403, 711; of primi-
tive antiquity in Liturgical use, 205;
of the water, 414; of water, its spirit-
ual import, 415; of water, separate
from administration of Baptism, 414;
of water, in Prayer Book of 1549, 415;
of water, quite distinct from that of
Eucharistic Elements, 416; of Palms,
274; final, after Marriage, 458; in
Visitation of Sick, 469; Levitical, in
Visitation of Sick, 470; Apostolic, in
Burial Office, 483.

Benedictus, the proper Canticle after 2nd
Lesson, 194; its position and Ritual
meaning, 194; in Communion Office,
387.

Bernard, St., his saying on the death of

the Innocents, 255; on the Candlemas
Festival, 326.

Bethell, Bishop, on Baptismal Regenera-
tion, 419.

Bethphania, a name for the Epiphany,
258.

Betrothal, 452.

Beverley, St. Mary's, register on pro-

hibited seasons for Marriage, 447.
Bezaleel, his inspired wisdom given for
ceremonial worship, 45.
Bible, delivery of, to Bishops, 663, 701;
delivery of, to Priests, 663, 690; impo-
sition of, on Bishop-elect's neck, 701;
the Great, title of, 16.
Bidding of Holydays, 376.
BIDDING PRAYER, a proclamation of per-
sons commended to the prayers of the
faithful, made by preachers before ser-
mons, 377; in Ireland, 712.
Bidding Prayers; a petition for giver of
holy bread, 399.

Bill, King's printer, royal mandate to
him, A.D. 1661, 28.
BISHOP, a Church officer of the highest
order, having spiritual capacity to
Ordain and Confirm in addition to the
spiritual capacities belonging to the
Priesthood.

Bishop and Priest, Names of, not at first
distinguished, 657.

Bishop or Priest, the proper Minister of
Adult Baptism, 425.
Bishops, a distinct Order from Priests,
693; superiority of, jure divino, as

serted by Bancroft, 693; inherit the
ordinary parts of the Apostolic office,
655; ordained by the Apostles, 657;
Order of, essential, 655; no Church
without, 668; succession of, 667;
Fathers in God, 675; Election of, 696;
to be consecrated by their Metropolitan,
694; three, required at a consecration
of one, 694; consecrated in their own
Cathedral, 693; Consecration of, held
on Sundays or Holydays, 693; elect,
habit of, at Consecration, 695; vest-
ments of, as represented on Brasses,
700; vestments of, by 2nd Prayer Book
of Edward VI., 700; summary of
ancient Offices for Consecration of,
659, 660; delivery of Bible to, 663;
five consecrated according to the Ordi-
nal of 1549, 661; one consecrated
according to the Ordinal of 1552, 661;
of the same Province to assist at Con-
secrations, 694; deposed if only con-
secrated by two others, 694; Senior,
consecrator in absence of the Arch-
bishop, 694; Service for Consecration
of, 1662, 662; special powers of, 667;
only to ordain in their own diocese,
666; sanction required for Adult Bap-
tism, 425.

"Black Rubric," 399.
Blasius, St., B. and M., 136.
Blessing in Communion Office, 396; in
Marriage Service, 455.
Bloodthirsty, application of term, 556.
Blow on cheek in Confirmation, 438, 444.
Boanerges, meaning of, 253.
Bodleian Library Psalters, 497; MS. 465.
Body of the Church, why permitted for
Celebration of Holy Communion, 370;
the place for Marriage, 450.

'Body prepared," LXX and Vulgate,

539.

Bona, on Collects, 241; on Gloria in
Excelsis, 395.

plex character, 178; Hymns, unsuccess
ful attempts to translate them, 59;
Roman, Reformation of, 8; services,
never familiar to the Laity, 6.
Bride, The voice of the, 510.
Bride and Bridegroom in 45th Psalm, 545.
BRIEFS, declarations and recommenda-
tions read. after the Nicene Creed to
commend special objects for the Offer-
tory, 376.

Bright, Dr., on the Ancient Collects,
307.

British Bishops, their independence, 1;
Church, founded in Apostolic age, 657;
represented at Councils, 658; men-
tioned by Fathers, 657; its Rites, its
Bishops, 1; Museum Psalters, 497.
Britius or Brice, St., 172.
Broadwater, Marriage custom at, 449.
Brook, Lord, Anecdote of, 226.
Brougham, Lord, on Lay Baptism, 405,

n. 3.

Bryling, Nicholas, Greek text of Atha-
nasian Creed, 219.

Bucer, his desire for frequent Commina-
tion, 491; on frequent Communion,
382; his interference with Benediction
of water, 415; his objection to answers
of Sponsors, 414; his objection to the
exorcism in Baptism, 411; his objection
to prayers for the dead, 479; placed at
Oxford by Somerset, 19.

Bull, Bishop, recites Baptism Office from
memory, 27; on Nicene Creed, 376,

n. 1.

Bunsen, on Liturgy of St. Mark, 345.
Burial of the Dead, 478; Office in what

cases to be used, 478; Psalm xlii. for-
merly used, 479, 541; Office, Psalms,
538, 592; Office with Evensong at St.
Paul's, 480, n. 1.

Burial with Christ in Baptism, 404.
Burleigh, Lord, his challenge to Dis-
senters, 31.

"Bonour" and "buxum," meaning of,
452, n. 6.

Book of Common Prayer, Historical In-
troduction to, 1-43; its Ceremonial prin-
ciples, 44-50; Musical performance of,
50-63; Ritual law of, 63-80; Preface of
-its moderation-written by Sander-
son, Bishop of Lincoln, 96; its chief
Illustrators, and Commentators, x;
National Versions of it, 41; materials
used in its composition, 16.
Book of the Gospels, reverence anciently
shown to it, 48.
Books of Hours, 4.

Books of Reference to Lessons, Gospels,
and Epistles, 6.
Borromeo, Carlo, a Musical Commissioner
by appointment of the Council of Trent,
57.
Bouchier, his Commentary and Early
Calendar, 127.

Boughen, Edward, on Sign of Cross in
Confirmation, 443.

Boughton Monchelsea, Espousals in re-
gister of, 452.

Bowing at the Holy Name, elsewhere
than in the Creed, 197.
" 'Boy-Bishop," 176.

Boys, Dean, on the Prayer Book, x.
Bracara or Braga, Council of, on burial
of suicides, 477.
"Bread," and "mingled wine," of Wis-
dom's Table, 350; breaking of, in Con-
secration, 389; fermented or leavened
in Eastern Church for Sacramental use,
399.

Breastplate of Aaron, 566.
Breviary, Daily Services of, 17; its com-

Midwives, 405.

Cæsarea, Creed of, 375.

Cæsarius of Arles, on Sursum Corda,
386; his Rogations, 221; Sermons on
Advent, 245.

CALENDAR, the list of months and days,

together with the Sunday letters and
Holydays.

Calendar, Additions in 1661, 128; altera-
tions in 1752, 116; changes in 1561,
24; of Church of England, changes
and reformation, 127-129; of the
Church of England, always local in
character, 127; Ecclesiastical, what it
comprises, 127; English, necessary
changes in, 127; English, its transi-
tions, 127; the existing English, with
whom it originated, 127; Introduction
to, 127; of Lessons, 1549, 16, 113;
table of its transition, 127.
“Calendarium Floriacense," 127.
Calendars, Byzantine, 129; of the Church
of England, published by Stationers'
Company, 128; their early use and
origin, 128.
Calvin's interference in the English Re-
formation, 19, 20.

Candlemas Day, why so called, 326.
CANON: [1] The Prayer of Consecration.
[2] An ecclesiastical law so called. [3]
The official designation of certain dig.
nitaries in Cathedral and Collegiate
Churches.

Catechumens, admission of, 402, and n. 3;
instruction of, 428.

Cathari, or Puritans, their "baptism with
fire," 403.

Saints Peter and Paul, 325.
Cathedral and Collegiate Churches to
provide copies of Book of Common
Prayer, 92.

Cathedrals, etc., to observe rule of weekly
celebration at least, 398.
Catholic Church of Christ, position of
English Church in, 98.
Cautela Missæ, 397.

Canon 71, on private celebration, 473;
81, enjoins large stone font, 409; 18,
on reverent gesture, 197; 20, requires
flagon, 399; 29, altered in 1865, 408;
its strictness partly accounted for, 408,"Cathedra Petri," an ancient Festival of
n. 2; 30, on the Cross in Baptism, 417;
55, on Bidding Prayer, 377; 59, on
Catechizing, 430; 60 and 61, on Confir-
mation, 439; 62, on Banns or Licence,
16, 447; 64, on bidding of Holydays,
376; 67, on Visitation of the Sick, 460;
68, on delaying Baptism, 408; on re-
fusing to Bury, 476; 69, on deferring
Baptism, 420; 112, on age for Commu-
nicants, 439; 113, on Seal of Confes-
sion, 466; Latin, of 1571 on Catechiz-
ing, 430; Law of Burial, 466, 467.
Canon Missæ, 344, 362, 365, 367, 388.
Canonical limitations as to hours and
seasons for Marriage, 447.
Canonization by the Popes, 127.
Canons, early English, on Communion of
Sick, 472; how far binding on the
Clergy and Laity, 66; of 1640, their
design, 66.

Cantate Domino, why inserted in Daily
Service, 210.

CANTICLE, a prose hymn used in Mattins
and Evensong. All the Canticles are
from Holy Scripture, except "Te
Deum laudamus.'

Canticles, The, Ancient Ritualistic use of

Holy Scripture, 189; their leading
principle, 189.

"Canticum de Evangelio," spoken of by
St. Benedict, 194.
"Cantus Ambrosianus," extended use of
the term, 55; Antiphonalis, 497; Col-
lectarum, 56, 58; Directus, 497; Pro-
phetarum, 56, 58; Responsarius, 497.
Capella, origin of the term, 172.
Cappadocia, Martyrdom of St. Matthias
at, 328.

Caps of Children to be removed in Bap-
tism, 416.

Captivity of Church and Incarnation,
587.

Cardwell, Dr., his suggestions as to the
Revision of 1552, 20.

Carter on Eucharistic words, 352, n. 2.
Carthage, 4th Council of, on Marriage,
446.

Cassino, Mount, Cradle of Benedictine
Order, 141.

CASSOCK, the garment worn by ecclesi-
astics under their official vestments and
at other times. The " apron" worn
by Bishops, etc., is the front of a short
cassock.

Catalonian Pontifical on Confirmation
Address, 442.

Catechetical Lectures of St. Cyril of
Jerusalem and of St. Clement of Alexan-
dria, 428; works of English Divines,
430.

CATECHISM, an oral instruction to be

learned by young persons, that they
may be the better prepared to receive
Confirmation.

Catechism, basis of, 430; comprehensive
but not exhaustive, 430; definition of,
in Prayer Book, 431; on effect of Bap-
tism, 405; Introduction to, 428; latter
part of its history, 429; of 1549, Com-
mandments in, 433; in Prayer Book,
origin of, 428; in Hermann's Consul-
tatio, 428, n. 3; of Council of Trent,
429, n. 2; in Latin and English of
Poynet, 429; Engravings of Tablets on
the Palace at Ely, 429.

Catechisms, Protestant, 429.

Caution to be observed in Visitation of
Sick, 466, n. 1.

Cecil licensed Poynet's Catechisms, 429.
Cecilia, St., 173.

Cedde, St. See Chad.

Celebrant, his office, his ritual dress, his
position at the Altar, 358, 359; his
posture in receiving, 391.
Censing of the Altar, 348, 361.
Cephas, 335.

Ceremonial Worship, 44; its principles,
44, 49, 50; recognized and observed by
our Lord, 46; as set forth by St. John,
47, 48.

Ceremonies of the Church of England,
explanatory Canon on, 10; empty, con-
demned, 46; in some cases could not
be reformed, 107; their abuse illus-
trated, 106; Christian, ordained by
our Lord, 46; justification of, 106, 108;
of human institution may be changed,
107, 108; rights of National Churches
to be respected, 108; St. Augustine on
their excessive number, 107; why
some were rejected, 107.
Certification of Private Baptism, form of,

421.

Chad, St., 140; his custom in a thunder-
storm, 226.

CHALICE, the cup, mostly of precious
metal, which is used for the celebration
of the Holy Eucharist.
Chambers' Translation of the Sarum

Psalter, 199, n. 1; Sarum Psalter,
ending of Collects, 243.

CHANCEL, the eastern division of a church,

where the Altar and Choir are placed,
and in which Divine Service is cele.
brated.

Chancels, their desecration in the last
century, 179.

Changes in Prayer Book after Hampton
Court Conference, 25; Liturgical, in
1549, their nature and principles,

16.

Chant of the old Litany retained and
harmonized, 58.

CHAPEL: [1] A portion of a Church possess-
ing a separate Altar. [2] A separate
building other than a cathedral, col-
legiate, or parish church, which is

authorized to be used for Divine Ser-
vice according to the customs of the
Prayer Book.

Charles I. and Liturgy for Scotland, 707;
Martyrdom, Service abolished, 705.
Chart of the Ministerial Succession of the
Church of England, 656, 668.
Charta, Cornutiana, 244.
CHASUBLE, the outermost and distinctive
vestment of the priest who celebrates
the Holy Eucharist: it is never worn
at any other service, 80.
"Child of God," a Scriptural term,

431.

CHIMERE, the garment worn by a Bishop
over his rochet, now usually of black
satin, but properly of scarlet.
Chimere, notices of, 700.

CHOIR: [1] The chorus or body of men

and boys who sing in the Divine Offices.
[2] That part of a cathedral, church, or
chapel, in which they sing [Chancel].
"Choir," its early use for our present

word " 'answer," 187; of the Temple,
Levites, 496; Surpliced, their origin,
496.

Choral Processions in the Jewish Church,

50.

Choristers of the Temple, 51.

Chosen Disciples, The Three, their work
and influence, 254.
CHRISM, holy oil used in anointing at
Coronations, or in the Unction of the
Sick, provided for in the first book of
Edward VI.

Chrism, used in Baptism, etc., 402, 403,
412, 416, Orig.; used in Confirmation,
437, 438, 443; when it was conse-
crated, 283.

CHRISOM, the white robe formerly put
on children when they were bap-
tized.

Chrisom, 402, 403, 412; formerly offered
at Churchings, 488; in Prayer Book of
1549, 416.

Christ, the True Bread from Heaven,
350; the Light, 625; the Representa
tive Penitent, 504, 528, 549, 601, 643:
and the Bride, 545, 633; bringing His
sheaves home, 632; and the two-edged
sword, 648; Creator of natural and
spiritual world, 646.

Christ's two Natures prophetically shown,
514, 524; glory that of His Church,
545, 618; Evening Sacrifice, 642;
victory by Incarnation, 644.
Christian name used in Offices of Church,
431; Service, the first, 52; Year, no
way connected with January 1st, 257;
the, beginning on Lady Day, 245.
Christmas Day, how early the Festiva
was observed, 250; Sermons of Gregory
Nazianzen and Basil, 250.
Christmas Eve, coincidence in the Lesson
and Psalm, 249, 545.
Christmas and Epiphany Festivals, their
association, 250; how it was anciently
observed, 250; Psalms, 516, 543, 586,
590, 615, 634; Sarum Psalms, 543,
546, 571, 586, 590, 598, 599, 615, 617,
620, 634, 645-647.
Chrysostom, St., on Baptism, 402;
Christmas Homily, 250; eulogium of
the Benedicite, 192; efforts to coun-
teract Arian Hymns, 54; Prayer of,
first use in Western Ritual, 204;
on Fasting, 267; Liturgy of, 345, 377;
Prayer of, 396; on Eucharistic Com-
memorations, 354; on Amen after
Prayer of Consecration, 390; on Sursum
Corda, 386; on Gloria in Excelsis,
395.

Church, The, how it is made an Ark of
safety, 262; of Jews and Christians
continuous, 607; the true anima
mundi, 603; its history in 106th
Psalm, 609; its early refuges from
persecution, 509; early British, 657;
of England, Title found in Magna
Charta, 82; Music, its Divine author-
ity, 50; Song, its vicissitudes, 57;
officers, representative, 50.
Churches of France and England, their
carly connection, 132, 346.
Churches, their earliest form and arrange-
ment, 47.

Churching of Women, 487; time for,
489; place for, 487; cloth, formerly at
St. Benet's Gracechurch, 487; Psalms,
619, 632.
CHURCHWARDENS, lay officers appointed
to take charge of the fabric and furni-
ture of churches, to keep order during

service, to present at visitations,
etc.
CIBORIUM, a vessel for the reception of
the Consecrated Wafers, 378, n. 2.
Circumcision, Festival of, 256; its true
idea, 257; Sarum Psalms, 516, 521,
543, 546, 588, 598, 599.
Citations, 377.

Clarendon, Lord, Anecdote of, 36, n. 1.
Clement, St., of Alexandria, mentions
Feast of Nativity, 250; catechized,
428; on Gloria Patri, 186.
Clement, St., of Rome, 173.

Clementine Liturgy, Position of Sanctus
and Hosanna in, 387, n. 1.
Clergy and Lay people, nature of dis-
tinction, 665.
Clergy and People, Prayer for, Cosin's
proposed alterations in, 204.
Clerk to accompany Priest in Visitation
of Sick, 460, 461, marg.

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CLERKS [1] Ordained clerics. [2] Lay-
men assisting in choir.

Clerks, commonly reduced to one, 179;
to sing at burial of dead, 478.
Clinic Baptism, 404.
Cloveshoo, Council of, 2.
Clovis, Conversion of, 168.

Coffins, baskets, or pots, in Psalm lxxxi.,
584.

Coke, Lord, on Confirming by name, 444,
n. 1; on Pope Pius IV. and Prayer
Book, 24.

Colet, Dean, his intimacy with Erasmus,
429, n. 3.
COLLECT, a short prayer (methodically
constructed) either proper to a day,
week, or season, or common to all
times.

Collect of the day, 242, 373; its office,

rules for its use, 200; 2nd Even Song,
ancient English Version, 214; 3rd
Even Song, Cosin's proposed alteration,
215; Third, Old Rubric, 201; for
Purity, 371; for Sovereign, 373; for
early Christmas-day Communion, 250;
for St. Stephen's Day, its enlargement
in 1661, 253; for Epiphany, 6th Sun-
day Original by Bishop Cosin, its
peculiar suitability, 263; for Easter
Procession, 290; after Baptism, its
doctrinal import, 418; in Confirmation
Office, 442; in Visitation of Sick, 468;
in Burial Office, 483; Epistle and
Gospel in Communion of Sick, 472;
for St. Mary Magdalen's Day, 156.
Collects, Origin of Name, 241; structure
and characteristics, 242, 243; com-
parison of two composed at an interval
of 1000 years, 242; come to us chiefly
from the 5th and 6th centuries, 241;
their primary use-from ancient Sac-
ramentaries, 243; New, in 1552, 1661,
243; Occasional, at end of Communion
Office, 396; for Easter and Low Sun-
day changed in 1661, 293.
Colloquial Tone in Divine Service, 57.
"Collusion" in connection with Private
Baptism, 421.

Colours, Ecclesiastical, English, 75, 76;
comparative table of, 77.
Comber, Dean, on use of Jubilate, 194.
"Comes" of St. Jerome, 243.
Comfortable words, 385.
Commandments, their Eucharistic use

and its probable origin, 372; in the
"Great Bible" translation, 433.
Commemoration of Founders and Bene-
factors, Psalms for, 645, 646.
"Commemorations," 101; of Departed,
483, 484; of Departed in Primitive and
in English Liturgies, 354, 380; of
Martyrs, 127; of Blessed Virgin Mary,
329.

Eliza-

"Commendatio Animarum," 470.
"Commendatio Benefactorum,'
bethan form of, 484.
Commendation of Souls, Sarum Psalms,
622, 640.

Commendatory words in Burial Office,
481.

Commentators on the Prayer Book, x.
COMMINATION, "A denouncing of God's
anger and judgements against sinners,"
used on Ash-Wednesday, and
at
other times as the Ordinary shall
appoint."

Commination, 490; when to be used,
490; formerly used on Sundays, 491;
Psalm, 549.

Commission to revise Calendar, 24.
Committee of Convocation for Office of
Adult Baptism, 424; for revision of
1661, 32; for Reform of Service-books,
their cautious progress, 9-11.
Committee of Revision, 1559, 23; how
their completed work was finally
authorized, 18.

Common Order, Knox's Book of, 41.
'Common Prayer," a very ancient term,

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82.
Commons, House of, desire to enforce re-

verence, 35; care to preserve Prayer
Book and Act of Uniformity intact, 37.
COMMUNION, the receiving of the Body
and Blood of Christ by the faithful in
the "Lord's Supper," and the conse-
quent union of them with Christ, and
Christ with them.

Communion with God by bodily acts, 44.
Communion, variable parts of Service,
very ancient, 241; on Good Friday,
286, 287; "Table," an objectionable
term, not found in Prayer Book, 370;
Psalm xxxiv. in Litany of St. James,
530; spiritual, 473; after Marriage,
449, 450, 458; of the Sick, 472; of
Clergy and People, 348, 349, 391. [See
Holy Communion.]
Compatrini et Commatrinæ (sponsors),
413, Orig., 414.

"Compiled," a term inapplicable to the
Prayer Book, vi.
Compline and the departed, 636.
Conception of Blessed Virgin Mary, 176.
"Concerning the Service of the Church,”
100.

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Concessions offered by the Bishops at
Savoy Conference, 31.
Conc. Nannetens. on Visitation of Sick, 463.
Condensation of Old Services, 16, 17.
Conditional Baptism, 423.
Conditions proposed by St. Augustine to
British Bishops, 2.
Confederacies against Christ, 585.
'Confess," word formerly used where
now Confirm," 428, 441.
Confession and Absolution in Communion
Office, 348, 384, 361.
Confession, Auricular, or private, 466;
national, in 106th Psalm, 609; law of
Church of England on, 466; private,
remedial, 381; of Sick, various direc-
tions for, 466; in Visitation of Sick,
466.

"Confirm," confusion in use of term,
428, 441.

CONFIRMATION, the laying on of hands by
a Bishop, for the purpose of strengthen-
ing persons in the grace of Baptism by
a further gift of the grace of the Holy
Spirit.

Confirmation, a Sacrament, 438; con-
nected with Catechizing, 428; act of,
443; custom of modern English Bishops
in, 438, and n. 1; in mediæval English
Church, 437-445; in Eastern Church,
438, 442, n. 1; "a lesser Ordination,

438; essential to perfection of Christian
life, 437; effect of, 438; followed Bap-
tism immediately, 437; to follow Adult
Baptism, 425; of Infants, 437; sepa-
rated from Baptism in later days, 438;
necessary before Holy Communion, 437,
445; frequency of, 439, and n. 2;
Office, 440; Introduction to, 437; in
Prayer Book of 1549, 440, etc.; act of,
443; Office, mediæval, 441, Orig. etc.;
Address of Bishop Cosin, 440; age for,
439, and n. 3 and 5; blow on cheek in,
438, 444; change of name in, 444, n. 1 ;
Chrism in, 437, 438, 443; the comple-
ment of Baptism, 438; sign of Cross in,
438, 443.

Congregation, meaning of, 691; synony-
mous with Church, 691.
CONSECRATION [1] The priestly act
whereby the Eucharistic Elements
become the Body and Blood of
Christ. [2] The Episcopal act where-
by other Bishops are made. [3] The
solemn desecularization, Dedica-
tion, and Benediction of churches,
etc.

Consecration of Bishops, anciently at
the third hour, 694; always pre-
ceded the Gospel, 694; before the
Epistle in the Greek Church, 694;
of churches, service in Irish Prayer
Book, 712; Service, the First, 51;
Services, modern, 51; Prayer of, 388;
of Elements, effected by words of
Institution, 389; great exactness
and reverence necessary in, 388, 389,
390; in Holy Eucharist, its effect,

353.

Consent, Mutual, in Marriage, 451.
Constantinople, its Arian Hymnology,
54; Council and Creed of, 375.
Constitutions, Archbishop Grey's, Arch-
bishop Peckham's, Archbishop Win-
chelsy's, 72.

Contact of water necessary in Baptism,
404, 416.

"Contestatio," Gallican term for Pre-
face, 387.

Contracts de futuro and per verba de præ-
senti, 452.

"Convenient," meaning of term, 458,
488; number to communicate required
by ancient Councils, 398; place for
Churching, 487.

Convocation, Intended Prayer for, 238;
Office for meeting of, 707.
Conybeare and Howson referred to, Life
and Labours of St. Paul, 325.
COPE, a vestment like a long cape or
cloak, worn in solemn services, proces-
sions, etc., 80.

Cope worn by Bishop Cosin, 700; substi-
tuted for Chasuble, 359.
Copes, when worn by Bishops, 700;
worn in Convocation, 1562 and 1640,
700.

Coptic Liturgy of St. Mark, 345.
Cornelius and his household baptized,