Untitled - Rore Sanctifica

Ritualism in its relation to He-union. 277
1. It is conceded by all, even by opponents,
that it was a Mixed Chalice which was used by
our blessed Lord at the institution of the
Eucharist, because the Jews are known to have
used the mixed cup at the Passover.
2. The most ancient Greek Liturgies, bearing
the names of Apostles and Evangelists, say, in
what w r e call the Consecration Prayer, that the
LORD took in His all-holy Hands the cup of
water and wine ; and there is not a shadow of
reasonable doubt that these words are the un
altered testimony of those who saw what the
LORD did at His Last Supper.
3. Justin Martyr, who sat at the feet of
apostolic men, when giving in as few words as
possible apparently the essentials of the sacra
ment of the LORD S Supper, mentions the Mixed
Chalice.
4. It was the universal practice of the whole
Church of GOD, and of every part thereof for
fifteen hundred years. It is likewise the prac
tice of Churches, as in India, which have been
separated from the rest of the Catholic Church
for fourteen or fifteen hundred years.
And the single exception which proves the rule,
the case of the Armenian Church, is, perhaps,
the
strongest argument of all for ; this, the only
Church which is said to have formally rejected
the Mixed Chalice is, alas, strongly suspected to
be tainted with formal heresy respecting that