There
is another of ivory, adorned with bas-reliefs of the resuscitation of
Lazarus, Christ's apprehension etc. Plainer, Bescher. der Stadt Rom.
B. 2. See also Rock's Hierurgia Vol. 2, cap 6.]
CHAP. VI.
ON THE CEREMONIES OF HOLY-SATURDAY
_CONTENTS._
Service of Easter-eve--Ceremonies of
holy-saturday-morning--Sixtine chapel. 1. Blessing of the fire
and incense-procession; Paschal candle--the deacon sings the
_Exultet_--triple candle--2. Baptism administered on this
day: communion of children in former times--prophecies--3.
The litany: invocation of Saints--change from mourning
to rejoicing--High mass: sacred pictures
etc.--_Alleluja_--Vespers--end of the mass: mass of Pope
Marcellus--Ceremonies at S. John Laterans. Blessing of
the font: baptistery--baptism of adults--litanies and
confirmation--mass and ordination--Armenian catholics--their
liturgy; and high mass on Easter-eve--reflections--Conclusion.
"_But now Christ is risen from the dead, the first-fruits of
them that sleep_". 1 Cor. XV, 20.
[Sidenote: Service of Easter-eve.]
I remarked in the last chapter, that anciently mass was not said
either on good-friday, or holy-saturday, and I quoted Pope Innocent I,
who assigns as a reason the example of the Apostles, who spent those
days in mourning for their Master. It was formerly customary to
celebrate mass on the night of Easter-eve or holy Saturday.
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