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  • As already pointed out, it recalls the sacrificium vespertinum of the

    The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 15: Tournely-Zwirner 1840-1916 1913

  • In fact, it meant general acceptance on the ground of previous special acceptance, and it has rightly been called the sacrificium latreuticum, or sacrifice of devotion and service.

    The Temple���Its Ministry and Services 1825-1889 1904

  • There are also differences in the prayers following the Gloria in excelsis and the position of the sacrificium.

    The Mozarabic Rite: The Two Missals 2009

  • Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin sacrificium, from sacr -, sacer + facere to make -- more at DO

    McCain Apologizes For Saying American Lives "Wasted" 2009

  • The word “Sacrifice” derives from a Middle English verb meaning "to make sacred", and in turn from Old French, and from the Latin sacrificium: sacr, "sacred" + facere, "to make".

    Perpetual Oblation and Christian Joy 2009

  • As the Bishop hands on the chalice and paten:Accipe potestatem offerre sacrificium Deo, Missasque celebrare, tam pro vivis, quam pro defunctis.

    Archive 2009-04-01 2009

  • In the primitive days of the Roman Church, before four ferias were added by Saint Gregory the Great (or some other Pontiff in the following decades) to complete 40 days of fasting, the Station at the Lateran, the old palatial basilica on the ancient estate of the Lateran family handed to Saint Sylvester, signaled the beginning of Lent (from the Secret of the Mass: "sacrificium quadragesimalis initii", of the beginning of the Lenten sacrifice).

    Archive 2009-02-01 2009

  • Pro pretiosa, Domine, tuorum morte Sanctorum sacrificium istud offerimus: quo opem tuam nostris temporibus clementer impendas, et gratiam nobis veræ devotionis exhibeas.

    Archive 2009-01-01 2009

  • [Middle English, from Old French, from Latin sacrificium: sacer, sacred; see SACRED + facere, to make.]

    A Few (?) Thoughts About Samhain and Sacrifice 2008

  • Most of the atheists I know are strongly opposed to the sacrificium intellectus, and hold to a principled fidelitas intellectus fidelity to the intellect.

    Guest Post: On Being Atheistic. | Mind on Fire 2007

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