Los Angeles herald., 1907-05-13

bread needed for the holy sacrifice and
places 1t before him for conservation
The rest of the blessed bread is given to
the people.
mot only does the church not forbid
the use of the Basilian ritual, but she
insists on its rubrics being faithfully OBJ
served. When we consider it's origin
this is not surprising. st. Basil lived In
the fourth century. He based his ritual
on the ritual of st. James, first bishop
of Jerusalem, and on the ritual of St
Clement, who soon after the days OF
Peter ruled the church of God. The
ceremonial today therefore takes us
back to the days of the apostles, and
indeed to the days of Christ himself.
What wonder, then. that the church,
who Zealously guards antiquity, should
permit the use of sunch an ancient rite!
Uses Dead Language
while the priest who celebrates today
at Gods altar uses the Greek language
| it is not a living language that he uses.
Indeed the holy mass is not a living
language that he uses. Indeed the holy
mass is not today celebrated in the ver-
nacular of any people. The church
knows that a living language is subject
to change; that words sometimes lose
their original meaning, and by usage
the idea they originally expressed, but
something different Hence, to avoid
frequent changes in ritual, as well as to
avoid the difficulties liable to arise from
the use Of the vernacular, she insists In
the use of dead language in the offer
ing of the sacrifice of the new law.
'In the ninth century the celebrated
schism which separated the eastern
church, or a great portion thereof, from
. H. &c vi fcrtr
Photius, a layman, was, through the
efforts of Bardas, thrust into the
patriarchate of Constantinople.
"Ignatius, the legitimate patriarch,
was deposed and expelled from the city.
When information on the subject
reached Rome Photius was deposed and
excommunicated. Smarting under the
lash, he accused Rome of favoring the
Manichaean heresy, and endeavored 30
separate the eastern from the western
church. On the death of Ignatius,
Photius was confirmed by the holy see
in the patriarchate, but did not forget
the manner in which he at first had
been dealt with. He summoned coun-
Gil and had DEGREES passed censuring
the holy see fer the Introduction of the
flioque into the creed. Rome was
obliged to depose him, but the seed he
had sown produced fruit. There was a
spirit Of unrest in the east which found
expression when in the eleventh CEN
tury Cerularius severed the eastern
from the western church.
Recalls Great SchIsn1
1.-The presence of one celebrating mass
in Greek reminds us of this great
schism. All the east was not affected
by 1t. The Maronites, the Melchites and
others remained faithful and always
considered Rome the mistress of all the
churches.
'Well did the holy see realize the
danger of schism. She had proclaimed
the truth-that the Holy Ghost proceeds
from the Father and the Son. She will
stand the consequences. Better far that
there be .schism than that the truth OF
God be perverted.
Unity is her watchword. To MAIN
Tain it England in the west was cut
off from the church; to maintain 1t
millions of those who were subject to
Rome in the east were allowed to form
/ separate communion and suffer the
penalties of schism."