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Ch. V.
THROUGH ITALY.
183
and doctrines which it conveys and as it may
thus act as a preservative from the infidelity of
the times, not only by securing the assent, but
by engaging the affections, on the side of reli-
gion. In fine, it tends to consecrate all languages
to the praise of the Father Almighty, and to the
propagation of the gospel of his adorable Son.
“ Nihil sublimius,” says Leo the Great, in an
ancient preface for Whit-Sunday, “ collatum
Ecclesiee turn exordiis, quam ut evangelii tui
praeconia linguis omnium, credentium ora loque-
rentur, . . . et vocum varietas edification! Ec-
clesiastics non difficultatem faceret, sed augeret
potius unitatem.”
Before I close this chapter, I think it necessary
to make a few additional remarks for the in-
formation of my readers in general, little ac-
customed to the scenes described, and perhaps
totally unacquainted with many of the subjects
alluded to. To such the following particulars
may not be unacceptable. The Mass is the
communion service, or consecration and admi-
nistration of the holy sacrament. High mass
is the same service, accompanied by all the ce-
remonies which custom and authority have an-
nexed to its celebration. These ceremonies are
in general very ancient, and may be traced as
far back as the second or third century. The
THROUGH ITALY.
183
and doctrines which it conveys and as it may
thus act as a preservative from the infidelity of
the times, not only by securing the assent, but
by engaging the affections, on the side of reli-
gion. In fine, it tends to consecrate all languages
to the praise of the Father Almighty, and to the
propagation of the gospel of his adorable Son.
“ Nihil sublimius,” says Leo the Great, in an
ancient preface for Whit-Sunday, “ collatum
Ecclesiee turn exordiis, quam ut evangelii tui
praeconia linguis omnium, credentium ora loque-
rentur, . . . et vocum varietas edification! Ec-
clesiastics non difficultatem faceret, sed augeret
potius unitatem.”
Before I close this chapter, I think it necessary
to make a few additional remarks for the in-
formation of my readers in general, little ac-
customed to the scenes described, and perhaps
totally unacquainted with many of the subjects
alluded to. To such the following particulars
may not be unacceptable. The Mass is the
communion service, or consecration and admi-
nistration of the holy sacrament. High mass
is the same service, accompanied by all the ce-
remonies which custom and authority have an-
nexed to its celebration. These ceremonies are
in general very ancient, and may be traced as
far back as the second or third century. The