Chapter XII.—Salutations.

Chapter XII.—Salutations.

I salute the holy presbytery. I salute the sacred deacons, and that person most dear to me, ¹²⁵⁸ whom may I behold, through the Holy Spirit, occupying my place when I shall attain to Christ. My soul be in place of his. I salute the sub-deacons, the readers, the singers, the doorkeepers, the labourers, ¹²⁵⁹ the exorcists, the confessors. ¹²⁶⁰ I salute the keepers of the holy gates, the deaconesses in Christ. I salute the virgins betrothed to Christ, of whom may I have joy in the Lord Jesus. ¹²⁶¹ I salute the people of the Lord, from the smallest to the greatest, and all my sisters in the Lord.

Footnotes

112:1258

Literally, “the name desirable to me,” referring to Hero the deacon.

112:1259

A class of persons connected with the Church, whose duty it was to bury the bodies of the martyrs and others.

112:1260

Such as voluntarily confessed Christ before Gentile rulers.

112:1261

Some insert here a clause referring to widows.