RITE OF LEADING THE CHILD INTO THE CHURCH WITH PRAYER
| Sacramentary of Gelasius and Gregory I. | Old Ambrosian. | Sarum. | Edward VI. First Book. | ||||
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| The priest puts the end of the stole upon the infant, and brings it into the Church, saying, Enter into the temple of God, that you may have part with Christ to life eternal. Amen.—Assem. t. ii.
p. 5 and 8. (Italian Church, ap. Assem, p. 77.)—In the name of the Father and the Son, and Holy Ghost. Amen. Enter into the Church of God by the hand of the priest, that, &c.—And see Old Gallican above. |
Enter, my son, into the house of God: hear thy Father teaching thee the way of knowledge.—(Assem. t. ii. p. 46.) | Enter * into the temple of God that you may have eternal life, and live for ever and ever Amen. *—into the joy of thy Lord, & enter, &c.—Old Ritual of Limoges, ap. Assem. t. ii. p. 86. |
"The Lord vouchsafe to receive you into His Holy household, and to keep and govern you alway in the same, that you may have everlasting life." | ||||
| RITE OF PUTTING ON THE WHITE VESTMENT AFTER BAPTISM. | |||||||
| Old Gallican, from MS. above 1100 years old. | The same.—(Assem. t. ii. p. 47.) | Syriac. | Constantinopolitan. | ||||
| Take this white vestment, which thou mayest bear unspotted before the tribunal of 1Christ.—(Assem. t. ii. p. 42, also pp. 71, 74, 76, 78, 81, &c.) 1Our Lord Jesus Christ. (Old Gothic, ib. p. 36.) |
"Thou hast received white garments, as a token that thou hast put off the mantle of sins, and hast put on the pure robes of innocency."—(St. Ambrose, de iis qui initiantur.) | "Take the white* and unspotted vestment, to bear it before the tribunal of the Lord Jesus Christ, to life eternal." *"Holy and"—Ebor. Old Latin, ap. Luther. "That thou mayest have eternal life and live for ever and ever."—Ebor. |
For the rite of clothing the newly-baptized in white see Assem. t. ii. p. 213. | "The servant of God is clothed with the robe of righteousness, in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost, now and ever, throughout all ages. Amen."—Ap. Assem. t. ii. p. 145. "Grant me the shining robe. Thou who puttest on light as a garment. All-merciful Christ, our God. Amen." — ib. |
"Take this white vestment for a token of the innocence which by God's grace in this Holy Sacrament of Baptism, is given unto thee, and for a sign whereby thou art admonished so long as thou livest, to give thyself to innocency of living, that, after this transitory life, thou mayest be partaker of life everlasting. Amen." | ||
| RITE OF ANOINTING CHILD AFTER BAPTISM WITH PRAYER. | |||||||
| Sacramentary of Gelasius. | Old Gothic.—Assem. t. ii. p. 34.) | Coptic. | Syriac. | ||||
| Almighty God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath regenerated thee by water and the Holy Ghost, and who hath given unto thee remission of all sins1, He anoint thee with the2 unction of salvation in Christ Jesus our Lord, unto life eternal.—(Assem. p. 5. See also p. 17. and in the old Gallican Church, p. 39, 55, 58, 59, 63, 66, 70, 73, 76, 79, 81, &c. See also the old German form, ap. Luther.) 1 † "By the washing of regeneration and blood."—Old Gall., very old MS. ap. Assem. p. 42. 2 "With His Holy Chrism."—Ibid. |
"I anoint thee with the unction of holiness, the robe of immortality, which our Lord Jesus Christ received as delivered from the Father, that thou mayest bear it pure and undefiled before the tribunal of Christ, and live for ever and ever." "Let us pray, very dearly beloved brethren, our Lord and God, for His regenerated ones, that, as they have been baptized, so, when the Saviour shall come in His Majesty, He may clothe with everlasting salvation, those whom He has regenerated with water and the Spirit." "We pray for the baptized and crowned in Christ, to whom, asking, our Lord has vouchsafed to grant regeneration, that, O Almighty God, they may bear the baptism which they have received, undefiled to the end, through our Lord Jesus Christ." |
The same as col. 1. | as in col. 1. † in the same His Son Jesus Christ.—Ebor. |
"I anoint thee with the oil of gladness, a defence against all the works of the evil adversary, that thou mayest be engraffed in the root of the fruitful olive-tree which is the Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church of God. Amen."—(Assem. i. p. 163.) | "This lamb is marked in the flock of Christ, who hath come to Holy Baptism, in the name of the Father, Amen, of the Son, Amen, of the Holy Spirit, Amen, for all ages. Amen." And again, as in the Coptic, i. p; 240, and p. 254, and ii. p. 304, and p. 285, "is marked with oil of gladness, that he may become worthy of the adoption of sons through regeneration, in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost."—ii. 302. |
"The servant of God is anointed with the oil of gladness, in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost, now and ever," &c.—Assem. ii. 142. | Same as col. 1. |
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