Military and religious life in the Middle Ages and at the period of the Renaissance (1870)
Jacob, P. L., 1806-1884 · London : Bickers & Son · leaf 277
early Christians used to assemble to celebrate theLords Supper (Fig. 175). This sacrament, the primitive form of which E E 2 10 LITURGY AND CEREMONIES. is unknown to us, was not termed a mass (missa) till the middle of thefourth century. It was on a Sunday, says St. Ambrose, who was theoriginator… … Fig. 176.—Miraculous Mass of St. Gregory the Great (Sixth Century), depicting the real presenceof Jesus Christ in the eucharist.—Miniature from a Missal of the Fifteenth Century, in theCollection of M. Ambr. Firmin-Didot. a Hebrew word denoting an offering or sacrifice; or perhaps rather fromthe…
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