The subdeaconreadeth the epistle, and the Deacon the godspelle.
The Christians at Rome did not treat them as strangers, but as brethren united to them in the hope of the same blessed country; and after their death carefully deposited their bodies in the house of a subdeacon called Quirinus.
I Hubert, subdeaconof the holy Roman church, and legate from pope Alexander, have signed.
After two mace bearers comes an acolythe with the five grains of incense, and another with the thurible; then the subdeacon carrying the cross; and the deacon with a reed, at the top of which are 3 candles united together.
The subdeacon knocks at the gate with the cross, and it is immediately opened; the procession returns into the church, and the choir sings the concluding anthems.
In the meantime the deacon puts wine into the chalice, and the subdeacon water, which however are neither blessed or consecrated[101] on this day.
The ordines Romani mention the bowing of the Subdeacon at the knees of the Pontiff, and the kissing of his hand by the priests, the archdeacon and secundarius De secretariis T.
XXVII) Let us bend our knees, and the subdeacon answers, Stand up, as it was customary to pray standing.
Footnote 72: It is supported by the subdeacon habited in the tunic or tonacella.
A vestment worn by the Subdeacon or Epistoler at the celebration of the Holy Communion; somewhat similar to the Dalmatic worn by the Deacon or Gospeler, but shorter, narrower and not so elaborately embroidered.
He was ordained subdeacon much against his will, by Caudrick, bishop of Lyons, and died about the year 660.
It is the special ensign of the office of subdeacon, and at the ordination is placed on the arm of the new subdeacon by the bishop with the words: "Take the maniple, the symbol of the fruit of good works.
Catholic Church, proper to all orders from the subdeacon upwards.
As subdeacon of the Roman Church he received John's submission in 1213, and stood by his side during nearly all his later troubles.
There were no longer any Weylands who concealed their clerical beginnings, and hid away the subdeacon under the married knight and justice, the founder of a landowning family.
On his return from the Welsh campaign the king met representatives of the pope at Northampton, one of whom was the Roman subdeacon Pandulf, whom John met later in a different mood.
No clerics of any grade from subdeacon upward, were to be allowed to marry, nor might holy orders be received hereafter without a previous vow of celibacy.
The final form of the Western rule, that the clergy, from subdeacon to bishop, both inclusive, should be bound to celibacy, was expressed in its permanent form by Leo the Great in his letters to Anastasius and Rusticus.
Father Rangel and Subdeacon Royster constructed an iconostas and made a number of shrines and articles, and a chapel was arranged on the first floor of the house.
Father Rangel and Subdeacon Royster set out to find a building that would be suitable to house the activities of the projected mission.
From the putting on of the sandals to the last act of handing the Bishop his beautifully embroidered gloves (the deacon handing him the right one, the subdeacon the left one) there must be no one prayer or form omitted.
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