Part 19 (1/2)

Rubric--The rules or directions in the Prayer-book, printed in Italics, concerning thethe services While they are now usually printed in black ink, they are still called _rubrics_ from the fact that they were for derived fro _red_

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Sabaoth--The Hebreord for ”Hosts” The words ”Lord God of Sabaoth,” to be found in the Te Deum, mean the same as ”Lord God of Hosts” in the Ter Sanctus in the Communion Service {235}

Sabbath--The Jeeekly day of _rest_ (which the word means) observed on the seventh day because God rested on that day fro on Christians, and the name is very improperly applied to the first day of the hich Christians observe as a day of rest and worshi+p (See LORD'S DAY)

Sacrament--The word ”Sacra the military oath required of the soldiers of ancient Ron was the uplifted hand whereby the soldier pledged hinified by that outward gesture The word came to be used for those ordinances of the Christian Church possessing an ”outward sign” and conveying an ”inward grace” Thus the Church Catechisenerally necessary to salvation, that is to say, Baptis an outward and visible sign ordained by Christ, of an inward and spiritual grace given by Him as its accompaniment

This definition has reference to the Sacramental system of the Church and enerally or universally necessary to salvation It does not iencies in the Church--but only that these two are absolutely necessary to salvation For example, if a man would be saved he must receive Holy Baptism and Holy Communion where these Sacraments are to be had; but for his salvation it is not necessary that he should be e and {236} Ordination are thoroughly sacra, and therefore, in her book of Holish divines generally take this position in regard to the Sacraments and the Sacramental System of the Church Thus Archbishop Bramhall declares: ”The proper and certain Sacraments of the Christian Church, coenerally necessary_ to Salvation, are but two, Baptish not under the notion of such proper and general Sacraments,--as Confirmation, Ordination, Matrimony, Penitence and lastly, the Visitation of the Sick” So also, Bishop Jeremy Taylor says, ”it is none of the doctrine of the Church of England, that there are two Sacraenerally necessary to salvation'”

Sacred Vessels--(See VESSELS, SACRED)

Sacrifice--A sole to His ordinance, for His honor and for the benefit of sinners, as in the Holy Coiving,”

and in which the merits and death of Christ are pleaded for the remission of our sins

Sacristan--An old word derived fros, still retained to designate one who has charge of the Sacristy with all its contents, viz, the vestments and sacred vessels The word has been corrupted into _sexton_ which is now used for the

Sacristy--The apart {237} where the vestments, books and sacred vessels are kept; sometimes called the vestry

Saint--The New Testament name for all the Baptized, who are declared to be ”an holy nation,” by reason of their incorporation into Christ's mystical Body Like the ancient people of God they h destiny, yet are they partakers of an holy calling The word has since come to be used only of those of extraordinary virtue and who, perchance, suffered for the Truth's sake

Saints' Days--It has always been characteristic of the devotional systerace given to His faithful servants whereby they were enabled to live righteously and to bear witness to His Truth, and to pray that we ood examples of these His servants and with the Life (See DIPTYCHS) The day coenerally that of the Saint's death, because like his Master, he passed through death to the portals of Everlasting Life According to the Prayer-book the Saints commemorated in this Church are the Twelve Apostles; St John Baptist and St Barnabas; the Evangelists St Mark and St Luke; the Holy Innocents, St

Stephen; Conversion of St Paul; and in addition, St Michael and All Angels' Day, and All Saints' Day The Saints commemorated in our Calendar are all treated of elsewhere under their proper titles, to which the reader is referred

Sanctuary--Meaning the ”Holy Place”; the naiven to that portion of the Chancel within the rail {238} where the Altar stands; fro is frequently called the Sanctuary of God

Schis _fissure_, or _rent_, andof the Body of Christ, His Church on earth, anddivisions in the one Body The divisions between the East and West, and between Rolican Communion may be described in St Paul's words as ”schism _in_ the Body,” rather than schism _from_ it, inasmuch as none of these three bodies has lost any of the essentials of Church Unity--the Apostolic Ministry, the Sacraments, the Creeds and the Holy Scriptures But the word also ious bodies which have abandoned the Historic Church

Such wilful separation, whether within the Church or without, St

Paul, in 1 Corinthians, calls a sin (1 Cor 1:10; 3:3; 11:18), and in Romans 16:18, we are directed to avoid those who cause divisions

The Church regards her unity as of such vital importance to her own life and to the life of each individual soul, she bids us pray in the Litany, ”From all false doctrine, heresy, and Schism, Good Lord, deliver us” (See UNITY, CHURCH; and also UNDIVIDED CHURCH)

Scriptures in the Prayer-book--It has been pointed out, on the authority of a careful and detailed calculation that of the whole Prayer-book, three-fifths of it are taken from the Bible and that two-fifths of all the Church's worshi+p are carried on in the actual words of Holy Scripture Again, that one-half of this Divine Service is Praise; one-fourth, Prayer; and {239} one-fourth, Reading of the Bible Frohtly called a ”Bible Reading Church” We thus learn the great value of the Prayer-book in setting forth ”the things pertaining to the Kingdom of God” (See LECTIONARY)

Seasons, The Church--(See CHRISTIAN YEAR)

Sedilia--Froiven to the seats near the Altar, usually placed against the south wall, to be used by the Clergy during the sermon at the Holy Communion

See--Derived fro a seat The word is used to designate the place of a Bishop's Jurisdiction, and his place of residence, the city where his cathedral is; usually called the _See City_

Sentences, The Opening--Short passages of Holy Scripture read at the beginning of Daily Morning and Evening Prayer, are so called, and are intended to strike the keynote of the service to follow

Originally the Daily Services began with the Lord's Prayer, but in 1552 the Sentences, with the Exhortation, Confession and absolution were prefixed to Morning Prayer; they were not placed in the Evening Prayer until 1661 In the last revision of the Aed to strike the keynote of the Church's great Festivals and Fasts, such as Christesiiven to the third Sunday before Lent The explanation of this na exactly fifty days between the Sunday next {240} before Lent and Easter Day inclusive, that Sunday is teresima_, _ie_, the fiftieth; and the two Sundays i are called froesiesi these Sundays has been beautifully set forth in ”Thoughts on the Services” as follows: ”The Church now (Septuagesima Sunday) enters the penumbra of her Lenten Eclipse, and all her services are shadoith the so Season of humiliationWe have turned our back upon dear old Christroup of holy days that hand in hand see our faces towards the in to number the days of preparation, which if duly observed will fit us to keep the Paschal as the Apostle commands, 'not with the old leavenbut with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth'”

(See PRE-LENTEN SEASON)

Server--One who attends the Priest at a celebration of the Holy Coy