TION OF CONSECRA- et prædictæ sanctæ Cantuar. ecclesiæ adjutor ero ad defendenBISHOPS. dum, retinendum, et conservandum, salvo ordine meo; sic me Deus adjuvet, et sancta Dei evangelica. Et prædicta omnia subscribendo propria manu confirmo1. Interrogatio. Vis mores tuos ab omni malo temperare, et quantum poteris, Domino adjuvante, ad omne bonum commutare? Resp. Volo. Vis castitatem, et sobrietatem, cum Dei auxilio, custodire, et docere? Resp. Volo. Vis semper esse divinis negotiis mancipatus, et a terrenis negotiis vel lucris turpibus esse alienus, quantum te humana fragilitas concesserit posse? Resp. Volo. Vis humilitatem, et patientiam in temetipso custodire, et alios similiter docere? Resp. Volo. Pauperibus et peregrinis, omnibusque indigentibus vis esse, propter nomen Domini, affabilis et misericors? B. Volo. Tunc dicat ei pontifex: Hæc omnia et cætera bona tribuat tibi Dominus, et custodiat te, atque corroboret in omni bonitate. Amen. Interrogatio. Credis...?? Credis etiam novi et veteris Testamenti, legis, et prophetarum, et apostolorum, unum esse auctorem Deum ac Dominum omnipotentem? Resp. Credo. Deinde cantor incipiat officium missæ de die... usque ad tractum... Interim archiepiscopus... accipiens vestimenta induet eum (qui ordinandus est) cum sandaliis, alba, stola, manipulo, tunica, dalmatica, et casula... Et ascendat ad altare... et sedendo dicit: Episcopum oportet judicare, interpretari, consecrare, confirmare, ordinare, offerre, et baptizare. Oremus, dilectissimi nobis, ut huic viro ad utilitatem ecclesiæ provehendo, benignitas omnipotentis Dei gratiæ suæ tribuat largitatem. Per Dominum. following inserted in the margin : "The promise of obedience to person should promise obedience to his superior at ordination. In the 9th century the bishops of Gaul made written promises to obey their metropolitans.' Palmer, Orig. Lit. II. p. 291. 2 Inquiries relating to the Holy Trinity, and the Eucharist. Et statim a duobus episcopis incipiatur litania. CONSECRA- Finita litania... duo episcopi ponant et teneant evangeliorum BISHOPS. codicem super cervicem ejus et inter scapulas clausum, et ordi- The Litany, natore super eum fundente benedictionem, episcopi qui adsunt with special manibus suis caput ejus tangant, et dicat ordinator: Veni Creator, ut supra.... suffrage. Almighty most merci &c. Post unctionem. Hoc, Domine, copiose in ejus caput in- The Prayer, fluat... Sint speciosi munere tuo pedes ejus ad evangelizandum God, and pacem, ad evangelizandum bona tua. Da ei, Domine, ministe- ful Father, rium reconciliationis, in verbis et in factis, in virtute signorum et prodigiorum. Sit sermo ejus et prædicatio non in persuabilibus humanæ sapientiæ verbis, sed in ostensione spiritus et virtutis. Da ei, Domine, claves regni cœlorum, ut utatur, non glorietur, potestate quam tribuis in ædificationem, non in destructionem... Sit fidelis servus et prudens, quem constituas tu, Domine, super familiam tuam, ut det illis cibum in tempore opportuno....Per Dominum nostrum Jesum Christum Filium tuum, qui tecum vivit et regnat, in unitate Spiritus Sancti Deus. Per omnia sæcula sæculorum. Amen.... Postea det eis codicem evangeliorum, dicens: Accipe evange- The delivery lium, et vade, prædica populo tibi commisso.... Quum datur baculus, dicat: Accipe baculum pastoralis officii: et sis in corrigendis vitiis pie sæviens, judicium sine ira tenens, in fovendis virtutibus auditorum animos demulcens, in tranquillitate severitatis censuram non deserens.... Benedictio super populum: ... Sicque vos doctrinis spiritualibus et operibus bonis repleri in præsenti vita concedat: ut ad pascua vitæ æternæ cum cæteris ovibus suis vos pariter introducat. Amen. of the Book of the Gospels. Office. These Offices should be studied by the candidate for Review of the holy orders in the spirit of humble dependence on divine aid and the divine blessing, in which they were compiled. Only a few observations can here be made upon them. The desire is plainly expressed on the part of the Church, that all who conduct her offices shall be blameless in their conversation, zealous students of God's Word1, and guided 1 See Bull, Serm. VI. 'On the Priest's Office.' THE ORDINAL call. by the Holy Ghost to undertake this ministry. Some of the necessary qualities may be known to others, and therefore testimonials are required', and examinations are held: other qualities are in the secret mind of the candidate. The inward The first and principal qualification is the inward call, the motion of the Holy Ghost,' the good testimony of our own heart, that we have taken this office neither for ambition, covetousness, nor any evil design, but out of a true fear of God, and a desire to edify the Church. The second principal qualification is the true outward calling, which refers to the regular way of admission to holy orders; and an open acknowledgment is required to be made of the validity of the orders which are about to be The Oath of conferred. The Oath of the Queen's Sovereignty3 is taken Sovereignty. by all ecclesiastical ministers, as the counterpart of the oath which is taken by the sovereign, to 'preserve to the bishops and clergy, and to the churches committed to their charge, all such rights and privileges as by law shall appertain unto them.' The only essentials of valid ordination are prayers or benedictions with the Apostolic impoCeremonies. sition of hands: and these are found in our Ordinal, united with a most simple and significant ceremony, viz. the Queen's See Hook, Church Dict. Art. SuPREMACY. The word sovereignty was preferred by Elizabeth (see above, pp. 25, 53), and thus explained under God to have the sovereignty and rule over all manner persons born within these her realms, dominions, and countries, of what estate, either ecclesiastical or temporal, soever they be, so as no other foreign power shall or ought to have any su periority over them:' Injunctions (1559), Cardwell, Doc. Ann. I. p. 233. 4 Palmer, Orig. Lit. II. p. 304. See Collier, Eccl. Hist. v. p. 366. the delivery of the New Testament to a deacon, and the Bible1 to a priest, and to a bishop. The ancient distinction between the orders of the clergy is also maintained, in the old practice of admitting to the diaconate by the hands of the bishop alone; while in the ordination of a priest, all the priests present together with the bishop lay their hands upon his head2; and in the consecration of a bishop, the bishops present join with the archbishop in the same solemn rite3. 1 The Book of the Gospels was delivered to a deacon, and to a bishop, according to the rubric of the Sarum Pontifical. This rite in the ordination of a deacon was for many ages peculiar to the English Church, and was introduced into France, and thence into Italy, about the ninth or tenth century: Maskell, Mon. Rit. III. p. 199. In the consecration of a bishop, it appears to have been adopted in this country about the 12th or 13th century, soon after the adoption of the mitre: ibid. p. 275. 2 I Tim. iv. 14. 3 Cf. Concil. Carthag. IV. (398), can. II. Episcopus cum ordinatur, duo episcopi ponant et teneant evangeliorum codicem super caput IV. 'Diaconus cum ordinatur, solus THE ORDINAL. APPENDIX I. Accession. APPENDIX I. The Services for the State Holydays. THESE four special Services1 do not form part of the Book of Common Prayer, but are ‘annexed to' it by the authority of a proclamation customarily issued at the commencement of each reign. Thus the authority for using them instead of the service enjoined by the Act of Uniformity, is the same as that which appoints any special service on the occasion of a fast, or thanksgiving day. This is, indeed, the only authority for the The Queen's special service on the anniversary of the sovereign's accession, or for observing the day itself2. The observance of the three days (Nov. 5, Jan. 30, May 29) rests upon acts of parliament: the 5th of November is kept in memory of the GunpowderTreason, or Papist's Conspiracy3; the 29th of May, in memory of the birth and return of the king, Charles II.4; and the 30th of January, as a fasting day, in memory of the murder of king Charles I.5: and the Convocation provided a service for each Offices for the of these occasions. While the Convocation (1661) was engaged three days sanctioned by upon the revision of the Prayer-Book, the Service for the 5th of November (1605) was revised, and the Offices for the 29th Convocation, 1 See The Original Services for the State Holydays, with Documents relating to the same, by the Rev. A. P. Percival (1838). 2 There is no Act of Parliament enjoining the observance of this day; but it has been observed with special prayers in every reign since the Reformation. The Service (1576, 1578) is printed in Elizabethan Liturgical Services (Park. Soc.) pp. 548 sqq. Canon II. (1640) enjoined the observance of the day, and recognized 'the particular form of prayer appointed by authority for that day and purpose,' (Cardwell, Synodalia, I. p. 392; Perci was val, p. 25); but a later statute (1661, 13 Car. II. c. 12) forbad the enforcement of these canons (Percival, p. 8). A new form compiled by command of James II. which, with some considerable alterations made in the time of Queen Anne, has been issued at the beginning of each succeeding reign. Cardwell, Conferences, p. 385, note; Lathbury, Hist. of Convoc. pp. 387 sq. 3 Stat. 3 Jac. I. c. 1: Percival, P. 17. 4 Stat. 12 Car. II. c. 14: ibid. |