Alethea, Vol. 1

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Excerpt from Alethea, Vol. 1: At the Parting of the WaysEpiphany of the year 858 was a day of mixed emotions in the Christian city Of Constantinople. The people of that ancient capital admired and loved the outward pomp of their religion, and they were in joyous mood on that morning, in View Of a gorgeous function in St. Sophia, where the Patriarch Ignatius would celebrate the Liturgy, and the ruler of the Empire would attend in state.The Eastern Celebration is different, in many particulars, from that of the West. Apart from its language, which is Greek, the prayers, outside the consecration form, are not the same as those in the Latin Liturgy nor are the movements of the Greek priest the same as those of the Latin, while the doors of the Sanctuary remain closed during the greater part Of the service.The vestments used in the Eastern Celebration were, at that time, richer and more ornate than those of the West, and hence the appearance Of the vested Oriental presbyter was singularly at tractive. The churches Of the East were warmer in colouring than those of the West, outside Italy.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.