Edward Burbidge: "Liturgies and Offices of the Church," Ch. 1: Introduct...


1. CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTION, 1-18. Two kinds of Jewish worship. Temple service sacrificial. Synagogue services non-sacrificial. Jewish services the patterns of Christian services. Sacrifices pointed to Christ. The Christian Sacrifice. Sacrifices not always propitiatory. Eucharist instituted in place of the old sacrifices. All the ideas connected with the sacrifices transferred to the Eucharist. The Sacrifice of the Cross perfect and sufficient. The Christian sacrifice altogether superior to Jewish sacrifices. The Common Prayers supplementary to the Eucharist, as the Synagogue services to the Temple sacrifices. References to them in Holy Scripture; in early Christian writings. Praise, hearing, and prayer their main divisions. Plan of the work described. Antiquity of existing services. Subject to be treated under two divisions, according to the two classes of Service Books. 

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