ABSOLUTION, the Medieval form of,
193; in the Daily Prayer, 207, 209;
in the Communion Office, 346; in
the Order for the Visitation of the
Sick (the declarative form), 156,
410; only pronounced by a priest,
209.

Acolyte, 433, n.

Adults, Office of Baptism of (1661),
386.

Advent, commencement of the eccle-

siastical year, 265; Collects for, 269;
Sunday next before, 297, n.
Advertisements (1564), 200.
Agenda, 304, n.; 412, n.
Albe, 199, n.

Albis, Dominica in, 284.
Alexandrine Liturgy (2d century),
305.

ALES (Alexander), his Latin Version
of the Order of the Communion'
(1548), 65; and of the Prayer-Book
(1549), 66.

All Saints, the festival of, 302.
Alms, 342.

Altars, removal of, 29; Elizabeth's
Injunctions about, 58.

Alterations in the Prayer-Book (1552),
24; (1559), 56; (1604), 91; proposed
(1641), 99; (1661), 138; attempted
(1689), 146.

Amen, 210.

American Prayer-Book, 164.

Anaphora, 304, n.

ANDREW (St.), 299.

Angelical hymn, 353.

Anglo-Saxon version of the Apostles'
Creed, 232.

Anointing the Sick, form of (1549),
412, n.

Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin
Mary, 300.

Anthems, used in processions, or
litanies, 248.

Antiphonarium, 8, 9.

Apocrypha, the, 218.

Apostles' Creed, 232; repeated in-
audibly in the Service of the Hours,
229; see Creed.

Apostolus, the Book of the Epistles, 9.
Apostolical, or Irvingite Prayer-Book,
167.

Apostolical Constitutions, form of

Litany in the, 246; the Liturgy, 308.
Ascension, the festival of the, 288.
Ash-Wednesday, caput jejunii, 278;
the Commination, special Service on,
429; the blessing of ashes on, 431.
Athanasian Creed, 234; sung at Prime,
230; proposal to explain the con-
demning clauses (1689), 147,
AUGUSTINE (the missionary), his
Ritual, 2.

Banns of Marriage, 399.
Baptism, Public,

the Mediæval Office, 361;
the Reformed Office, indebted,
through Hermann's Consulta-
tion, to Luther, 362;
solemn times of, ib. ;

administered after the Second
Lesson, 363;

Sponsors, ib.; the demands ad-
dressed to them, 368; the
charge to them, 374;

the Font, the place of Baptism,
363;

Exorcism preceding, 365, n.;
Consecration of the water, 369;
manner of Administration, 371;
Justin Martyr's account of, 371,n.;
ceremonies following, 373;
the sign of the Cross, 373; Dr.
Burgess's explanation of it,
376, T.;

Regeneration in, 373, n.;
undoubted salvation of baptized
infants, 375; regarded as sinful
by Baxter, 142.

Baptism, in Private Houses,

allowed in cases of necessity, 380;

Baptism in Private Houses,
disliked by the Presbyterians,
124;

Medieval Rubrics about, 376;
administered by laymen, or wo-
men, 378, 382;

by a lawful minister (1604), 379;
Service to be used, 380;

completion of the Service in
Church, commonly called
Christening, 383;

inquiry to be made whether the
Private Baptism has been
rightly administered, and by
whom, 381;

if by an unauthorized person, 382;
by a layman, irregular, but how

far legally valid, 383, n.; 421;
proposals about it (1689), 153.
Baptism of Adults (1661), 135; the
Office for, 386; its variations from
the Office of Infant Baptism, 387.
BAXTER (Richard), takes a leading
part in bringing forward objections
to the Prayer-Book (1661), 115; his
'Reformation of the Liturgy,' 132;
the Petition for Peace,' 133; his
'Rejoinder' to the Bishops, ib.;
alleges eight particulars from the
Prayer-Book as sinful, 134.

Bell, rung at a death and a burial,
424, n.

Benediction, Mediæval forms

of,

355, n.; precatory (2 Cor. xiii. 14),
243.

Benedicite, 224.
Benedictus, 226.

Bible, how read in the Medieval lec-
tions, 182; a more continuous read-
ing attempted by Cardinal Quig-
nonez (1536), 25.

Bible in English, set up in churches,
16; publicly read, 17.
Bibliotheca, 8.

Bidding of the Beads, 171; the Bid-
ding Prayer, ib.

Blessing, forms of, 355.

Blessing of the marriage-ring, 402.
'Book of Common Order,' Knox's,
81, 93.

'Book of Discipline' (Puritan), 83.
'Book of the Form of Common
Prayers' (Puritan), 84.
Books of Private Devotion, 75.
Book of Common Prayer, the Com-
pilers of, 23, n.;

the First of Edward VI. (1549), 22;
accused of Lutheranism, 26;

Book of Common Prayer,

its differences from the present
Prayer-Book, 24;

the Second of Edward VI. (1552),
32;
doctrinal alteration concerning

the presence of Christ in the
Eucharist, 33;

the revision under Elizabeth
(1559), 54;

the revision after the Hampton
Court Conference (1604), 90;
the last revision by Convocation
after the Savoy Conference
(1661), 136.

Boston Prayer-Book (Socinian), 165.
Bowing at the name of Jesus, 231.
Bramhall (Archbp.), his form of Let-
ters of Orders, 158.

Bread, for the Holy Communion, 356.
Breviary, the, 11;

the Roman, reformed by Cardinal
Quignonez, 25;

called Portiforium in England, 11.
BRIDGET (St.), the xv. Oes of, 15, n.
British Church, Liturgy of the, 1, 314.
BUCER (Martin), his opinion asked of
the First Prayer-Book, 32; his
Censura, 41; thought Service in
choir antichristian, 41, 197; not
the author of the Baptismal Office,
43; disliked the consecration of the
water in Baptism, 370.
BULLINGER (Henry), his Decades of
Sermons, and doctrinal influence
upon the English Reformation, 44.
BUNSEN, his restoration of the Liturgy
of the 2d century, 305; and of the
4th century, 308.
Burial of the Dead,

the Mediæval Offices, 416;
the Service (1549), 417;
Communion at, 72, 419;

the Office not to be used in certain
cases, 420;

earth cast upon the corpse, 423,
426;

bell to be rung, 424, n.;

'Fall from thee,' meaning of the
phrase, 423, n.;

review of the Office, 424.

Calendar, commission to amend the,
(1561), 62; names of saints retained,
63, 69.

CALVIN, endeavours to promote the
English Reformation, 45; his Direc-
tory for Divine Service, 2.

Candles on the Communion Table, 201.
Canonical Hours, the, 10.
Canon Missa, 319.
Canticles, the, 221, 244.

Capitulum, the Little Chapter, 187,
191, 192, 225.

Caput Jejunii, 278; see Ash- Wednes-
day.

Catechism, the, 389;
Poynet's, 391;

Nowell's, 393;

numerous

Catechisms in the

reigns of Edward and Elizabeth,
392, n.

Catechizing ordered before the Refor-
mation, 389.
Catechumen, 361.

Ceremonies, proposed to be abolished
(1641), 98.
Chancels, 203.

CHARLES I. wishes to introduce the
Prayer-Book into Scotland, 93.
CHARLES II., his declaration from
Breda, 108; concerning ecclesiasti-
cal affairs, 112; his warrant for the
Conference at the Savoy, 113.
CHEKE (Sir John), his Latin Version
of the Prayer-Book, 66.

Chimere, 199.

Choir, Service in the, 197.
Chrismalia, 395, n.
Chrism, 362.

Chrisom, the, 373, n.

Christening, or completion of the Ser-
vice of Private Baptism in church,
381.
Christmas, Mediæval Offices for, 269;

two Communions (1549), 269;
Proper Psalms and Lessons, 270;
the Services between Christmas
and Epiphany, 274.
Churching of Women, 427.
Church militant in earth, 343, n.
Circumcision, the festival of the, 272.
CLARKE (Dr. Samuel), his Reformed
Prayer-Book, 164.
Collecta, 304, n.

Collects, in the Morning and Evening
Prayer, 238;

for Peace, 238, 245;
for Grace, 189, 238;

for Aid against all Perils, 194,
245;

for the King, in the Communion
Office, 341;

for the day, 266;

for Saints' days, 268, 298;

tables of the, 266.

Comes, the Book of the Epistles, 9.
Commandments, the Ten, 341;
Medieval versions of, 12;
division of, 341, n.;

ordered to be set up in churches,
203.
Commendation of souls, 416, n.; of
the body to the ground, 423; or to
the deep, 426, n.

Commemorations, 217, n.
Commemoration of Benefactors, 73.
Commination, the Service on Ash-
Wednesday, 429;

ordered by Grindal, four times
a year besides Ash-Wednesday,
430, n.

Commissioners, to compile the English
Offices, 20, 23;

to compile the Ordinal, 28;
to revise the Prayer-Book, 32, 54,
90;

for the attempted revision (1689),
145; their report supposed to
be lost, 146, n.; abstract of
their proposals, 146.
Committee on Church Reform (1641),

97.
Common Prayer in English, 22, (see
Book of Common Prayer); in Latin,
(see Latin Prayer Book).
Communio, the anthem, 325.
Communion, the Holy, 303; adminis-
tered in both kinds, 19;

the Order of the Communion'
in English, added to the Latin
Mass (1548), 20, 325;

the Office in Edward's First
Prayer-Book, 329, 450;

the present Office, 339; summary
of, 357;

arrangement of the prayers, 348,
360, 450;

the Ten Commandments inserted
(1552), 341;

the Collects for the King, 341;
oblations, 342;

Prayer for the Church militant,
343;

the Preface, 346;

the ἐπίκλησις, or invocation of the
Holy Ghost upon the elements,
349;

the administration, 350;
notice to be given, 344;

the Office to be begun, without
proceeding to Communion, 196,
355; objected to by the Puri-
tans, 117;

Communion, the Holy,

at a Marriage, 407;

of the Sick, 413;

Creed,

with reserved Elements (1549),
413;

at a burial, 72, 419;
Spiritual Communion, 415;
comparative view of Communion
Offices, 450;

(see Eucharist, Liturgy).
Communicants, three the least num-
ber of, 356, 414.

Communion Table, position of the,
340; lights on the, 201; to be de-
cently covered, 203.

Compilers of the English Prayer-Book,
23, n.

Compline, the Service at, 192.
Comprehension of Dissenters pro-
posed, (1668), 144.

Concessions, proposed (1641), 98; of
the Bishops at the Savoy Conference
(1661), 129.

Confession, the Medieval form of,
193, 346.

the reformed, 206, 208;

in the Communion Office, formed
from Hermann's Consultation,
327, 346;

private and special, 410.

Conference at Hampton Court, (1604),
87; at the Savoy (1661), 113.
Confirmation in the Greek Church,
394, n.;

reserved for a Bishop, 394;

the Office in the Sarum Ponti-
fical, ib. ;

ceremonies retained (1549), 396;
the present Order, ib. ;

examination at the time of, 397, n.;
meaning of the rite, 397;
not a sacrament, 394.
Cope, 199, n.

Consecration of the Elements in the

Lord's Supper, 348; second, of ad-
ditional Elements, 152, 352; of the
water in Baptism, 369; of churches,
170; of a Bishop, 439.
Constantinopolitan Creed, 228, 233.
COVERDALE, translates into Latin and
German, the Order of the Com-
munion' (1548), 65.

Cramp-rings, blessing of, 281, n.
Credence table, 98, n.

Creed, symbolum, 227; traces of early
Creeds, ib.;

of Tertullian, 228, 232;

of Ruffinus of Aquileia, 228, 232;

the Apostles', 228;
Anglo-Saxon, 232;
Nicene, 228, 233;
Constantinopolitan, b.;
Athanasian, 147, 228, 234;
the clause affirming the procession
of the Holy Ghost from the
Son, Filioque,' 234, n. ; 151;
Use of the Creed in the Public
Service, 228;

the Apostles', said privately in
the Service of the Hours, 229;
the Nicene used in the Liturgy
by Peter of Antioch, 228;
and received into the Roman
Mass, 229;

the Athanasian, sung at Prime,
230; the present use, ib. ;
Ceremonies in repeating the
Creed;

Turning to the East, 231;
Bowing at the name of Jesus, ib.
Cross, the Sign of the, in Matrimony,
(1549), 404, n.;

in Baptism, 373;

Dr. Burgess's explanation of,
376, n.;

the Commissioners' (1689), 153.

Daily Prayer, the, 195; the accus-
tomed place of, 197;

commenced with the Lord's Prayer
(1549), 210;

formed from the Offices in the
Breviary, 181.

DEACON'S Collection of Devotions
(Nonjuror), 161.

Deacons, Ordination of, 435.
Dead, prayers for the, in the Canon
of the Mass, 321; the Office for the,
416, n.;

Bucer's strictures upon, 41, 343,n.
Decalogue, in Communion Office, 341.
Declaration of Charles II. from Breda,
108; and concerning ecclesiastical
affairs, 112;

about kneeling at Communion,
35, 99, 122, 140;
omitted, 57;

Deprecations of the Litany, 254.
Description of the English Prayer
Book, from the Troubles at Frank-
fort, 78.

Deus omnium, 194, n.

Directory, the, established by ordi
nance of Parliament, 101;
an abstract of, 104.