Abgarus, King of Edessa, his cure and conversion, 130.
ABLUTION, the rinsing of the Chalice after the Celebration of
Holy Communion. It is done with wine and water, which are
reverently drunk by the Priest. [See sixth Rubric after
Communion Office.] 198.

Abolition of early Liturgies of Europe, 147.

ABSOLUTION, the priestly act whereby the pardon of God is
conveyed to penitents. Also the form of words employed.
Absolution in Communion Office, 177; in Mattins and Evensong,
4. 177; Manual Sar. on, 285, n. 1; of Sick, 284; power of,
when first stated, 539. 563; form of conveying power of, 563.
ABSTINENCE, a less rigorous kind of Fasting.

Accession Service, [29]. 414. 579.

Accessories of Divine Worship, Comparison of Rubrics, Ixvi; the
Reformers' standard in the time of Elizabeth, lxvi.
"Accustomed duty" to Priest and Clerk, 268.

Act authorizing drawing up of the English Ordinal, 535; same
repealed, 536; authorizing use of Ordinal 1566, 536.

Act of Uniformity, 1 Eliz., [4]; what it empowers the Sovereign
to authorize, [2]; 13th and 14th Charles II., Ixix.

Act 5 Geo. IV., Omission of Burial Office, 293.

Act 22 Vict., repealing the State Services, 579.

Acta Sanctorum, 36.

Acts of Queen Mary repealed, [4].

Admission of Catechumen, how represented in our Office, 217.
Admonition before Marriage, 264.
Adoption included in New Birth, 214.
Adullam, Cave of, 393. 515.

Adults, Baptism of, 236.

Advent "O Sapientia" Antiphon, 76; Ember days, 75; First
Sunday-what is represented, 73; Fourth Sunday-altera-
tion in the Collect, 75; general principle of its observance,
that of our own Church, 73; how kept in the Eastern Church,
72; how observed anciently by the “Religious,” 73; Hymns,
to be sung daily up to Christmas Eve, 73; its observance primi-
tive under another name, 72; said to be instituted by St. Peter,
72; observed as a Lent, 72; Rule for finding, [27]. 73; Epis-
tles and Gospels for Wednesdays and Fridays, 73; as a prepa-
ration for Christmas, 73; Second, events preceding it, 450;
period of, 445.

Advents of the Lord, 383.

Advertisements and Injunctions of Q. Elizabeth, lxvi, lxvii.
Elfric, Injunctions on vernacular teaching, xxiii; Canons of, on
Communion of Sick, 289.

AFFUSION, the pouring of the water on recipients of Holy Bap-
tism. [See IMMERSION.]

Affusion, Baptism by, 211. 226.
"After," its Liturgical sense, 3.
Agatha, St., [41].

Age, Canonical, for Ordination, 541. 544.

Agnes, St., Benediction of lambs at her Church, [39]; touching
saying of St. Augustine, [39].

Aholiab, his inspired wisdom given for Ceremonial Worship, xlvii.
Aidan, St., 37. 43.

AISLE, the side or wing of a Church, separated from the Nave by
the arcade, i. e. the piers and arches.

ALB, or ALBE, the white linen robe worn by the Priest and his
assistants at the celebration of Holy Communion. [Seo Ecc.
Vestments, Plate I.]

Alban, St., the first recorded British Martyr, [49].
Albanopolis, Martyrdom of St. Bartholomew, 140.
Alcuin, Quotations from, on Candlemas, 131.
Alderson, Baron, on publication of banns, 262.
Aless, Translator of the Prayer Book into Latin, xxx.
Alexandria, St. Mark martyred there, 134; catechetical school of,
241; Liturgy of, 146; use of "Missa Sicca" at, 197.
Alexandrine Manuscript and the Te Deum, 11.

All conditions of men, Prayer for, its authorship and intention, 65.
All holy Martyrs" festival, 114.

All Saints' festival, 143; Sarum Psalms, 339. 359. 377. 428. 432.
435. 446. 459. 483.

Allegation of impediment at time of Marriage, 265.
Allegiance, Oath of, required of Bishops in Greek Church, 569.
Allegiance and Conformity, Declaration of, in A. of Unif., 8.
"Alloweth," old word for "approves and accepts," 220.
Almanacks, Prohibited times for Marriage in, 263.
Alms, Offering of, 174.

Alphabet Psalms, 477, 478. 486.

Alphege, St., [45].

ALTAR, the "Table of the Lord," whereon the Christian Sacrifice
of the Eucharist is offered to God.

Altar, a term properly applied to the Lord's Table, 158. 164;
early names for, 158; of stone or wood, 158; wooden in Eastern
Church, 158; in private house, 290; its position and decorations
in primitive times, 159; of St. Peter at Rome, 158; of St. Cuth-
bert at Durham, 158; the, seen by St. John, its arrangement,
xlix; rails, 165.

Alterations at the Revision of 1559, xxxiv; Alterations in 1661-
principles on which the Convocation acted, [13].

| Amalarius, his use of the Benedictus, 16.

Amalgamation of Offices for Private and Public Baptism, 234.
Ambrose and Augustine, SS., and the Te Deum, 10.
Ambrose, St., on Amen after Prayer of Consecration, 189; on
Benediction of Water, 224; on burial, 295; case of private
celebration, 290; on Confirmation, 251; tradition respecting
him, [45]; excommunicates the Emperor-introduced Metri-
cal Hymns, [45]; his influence over Western Church Music,
lvii; his writings-contests with Heresy-saying attributed
to him, [45]; on Marriage, 261; on Prayer of Invocation in
Confirmation, 257; on trine immersion, 211; what he says of
the Psalms, 316.

Ambrosian Rite, 45, 46, 147.

Amen after Lord's Prayer, 6; after Prayer of Consecration, 188;
on receiving consecrated elements, 190.

American Church, Burial Office of, 299; Prayer Book, xliv;
Prayer Book, its variations from that of England, xliv; Liturgy
in extenso, 206; Liturgy referred to, 151. 167. 170.
Amphibalus sheltered by St. Alban, [49].

Ampulla of St. Remi, at Rheims, [57].

Anabaptism, its growth during the Great Rebellion, [14]; rea-
dered baptism of Adults necessary, 236.
Anabaptist heresy protested against, 220.