Priests, ordinations of, in the English
ritual, ii. 303, &c.
Prime, an hour of prayer, its anti-
quity, i. 203.

Processional, what, ii. 166.
Processions, spoken of by Basil, and
introduced by Chrysostom, ii. 297,
298.

Proclus, archbishop of Constantino-
ple, tract ascribed to him probably
spurious, i. 19. 74.
Prophecy, see Epistle.
Prose, what, ii. 49.

Psalmody, customs of, appointed by
Basil in his monasteries, i. 68.
Psalms in morning prayer, their
place justified, i. 250; their num-
ber varied in different places, 251,
252; the British offices defended,
252; the decree of Gregory VII.
of Rome on the offices null in
these churches, ibid.; in evening
prayer, 283; numbers of them in
ancient times and different places,
ibid.

Psalter used in canonical hours, i.
223;
Roman and Gallican Psalters,
ibid.;
what the Psalter generally
contained, 224.
Purgatory, belief in, rendered it in-
expedient to continue prayers for
the departed, ii. 95; not the doc-
trine of the catholic church, 256.

Quignon, his reform of the Roman
breviary, i. 228, 229; resemblance
between his plan and that of the
English ritual, 229–234.

Reconciliation of penitents, ii. 379.
385; of heretics, schismatics, and
apostates, 386, 387.

Renaudot, his liturgical publications,
i. 4. 20. 105; his mistakes cor-
rected, i. 90. 94. 96, 97.
Responsory, what, ii. 46.
Ritual, what it contained during the
middle ages, ii. 166; of the Greek
church, how it resembles that of
the English, ibid.
Rochette, its antiquity, ii. 407.
Rogations, or supplications, i. 299;
three rogation days before ascen-
sion, by whom instituted, ibid.;
where prevalent, 299, 300. See
Litany, Perambulations.
ROME, liturgy of, different opinions
as to its antiquity, i. 111; missal
and liturgy distinguished, ibid.;
ascribed to Gregory the Great,
ibid.; means of ascertaining the

liturgy as used in his time, 112;
Gregory the reviser and improver,
not the author of it, 112, 113;
this liturgy was not composed be-
tween the time of Vigilius and
Gregory, 113, 114; referred to by
Vigilius, A. D. 538, 115; regula-
tions of Symmachus, ibid.; Gela-
sius, his sacramentary, 116; Leo-
nian sacramentary, its antiquity,
117; Leo the Great, his additions
to the canon, &c. ibid.; Innocen-
tius's testimony to the antiquity of
the Roman liturgy, 118; its an-
tiquity conjectured from the relics
of the African liturgy, 119, 120;
from that of Milan, 120; its order
before the time of Gregory the
Great, 121-123; means of ascer-
taining the text of Gregory's sa-
cramentary, 123; commentators
on the Roman liturgy, 124.
ROME, patriarch of, his privileges in
the primitive ages defined, ii. 262;
extent of his patriarchal jurisdic-
tion, 262, 263; had no jurisdiction
over Britain or Ireland, 263, 264 ;
nor over France, according to the
most learned Romanists, 265; did
not acquire patriarchal jurisdic-
tion over our churches by sending
Augustine, 264; had no jurisdic-
tion in Ireland, 266; was prohi-
bited by general councils of Nice
and Ephesus from assuming juris-
diction over us, 266, 267; his ju-
risdiction was rightly and canoni-
cally removed, 268; was never
restored in these countries in any
canonical manner, 269-273; was
formerly tolerated for a time, and
with reason, 271; its abolition
was not schism, 272, 273.
Romish sect in England and Ireland,
its origin, ii. 254; its first bishops
in Ireland, when and how created,
ibid.; its bishops in England, 255;
none of them have any descent
from the ancient bishops of these
churches, ibid.; their doctrines not
those of the catholic church, 256,
&c.

Sacerdotale, what, ii. 166.
Sacrament, how the word was used
by the Fathers, ii. 201.
Sacramentale, what, ii. 166.
Sacramentary, what it comprised, i.
338; the eastern churches have
none, 339.

Sacrifice, see Oblation.

Unknown tongues, forbidden by St.
Paul to be used in the liturgy, ii.
114, &c.; answers to the objec-
tions of Estius, 117, &c.

Veni Creator, by whom composed, ii.

298; its original text, 299.
Venite exultemus, why and when
placed at the beginning of matins,
i. 249.

Versicles, at the beginning of morn-
ing prayer, their antiquity, i. 246,
247; of evening prayer, 282.
Vespers, an hour of prayer, how
ancient, i. 204.

Vestment, or chasible, its antiquity,
ii. 309; its shape described, 310;
its materials and colours, 311; on
what occasions it is directed to be
used, ibid.

Vestures, ecclesiastical, appointed by
the rubric of the English ritual in
1549, ii. 396, &c. ; comparison of
those rubrics with Alesse's Latin
version, ibid.

Vicecomes, his erroneous ideas of the
origin of the liturgy of Milan, i.
132.

Vigils, whence originally derived, i.
202.

duced, i. 227; antiphons to their
date, 235. See Ave Maria.
Visitation of churches, its antiquity,
ii. 323; ancient and modern forms
of, 323-325.

of the sick, antiquity of the
office, ii, 223; originals of our
service, 224-232; absolution,
226; ancient absolution, 229
communion of the sick, 232. See
Communion.

Washing of feet, formerly practised

after baptism, ii. 194. See Maundy.
Water mixed with the wine for the
eucharist not essential, ii. 13. 75;
but primitive, 75, 76.
Westminster, installation of the dean
of, ii. 314, 315.

Worcester, the custom of that church
in the celebration of the liturgy
praised, ii. 23. 26.

Ximenes, cardinal, his care of the
ancient Spanish rite, i. 167. 172.
archbishop of Toledo, his
account of the change of liturgy in
Spain, i. 167.

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