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| Chapter XII.—Salutations.
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salute the holy presbytery. I salute the sacred deacons, and that person
most dear to me,1258
| 1258
Literally, “the name desirable to me,” referring to Hero the
deacon. | 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
| 1259 A class of
persons connected with the Church, whose duty it was to bury the bodies
of the martyrs and others. | the exorcists, the
confessors.1260
| 1260 Such as
voluntarily confessed Christ before Gentile rulers. | 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
| 1261 Some insert here a
clause referring to widows. | I salute the people of the
Lord, from the smallest to the greatest, and all my sisters in the
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