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AGNUS DEI , the figure of a See also:lamb bearing a See also:cross, symbolical of the Saviour as the " Lamb of See also:God." The See also:device is See also:common in ecclesiastical See also:art, but the name is especially given in the See also:- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
Church of See also:Rome to a small cake made of the See also:wax of the See also:Easter candles and impressed with this figure. Since the 9th See also:century it has been customary for the popes to bless these cakes, and distribute them on the See also:Sunday after Easter among the faithful, by whom they are highly prized as having the See also:power to avert evil. In See also:modern times the See also:distribution has been limited to persons of distinction, and is made by the See also:pope on his See also:accession and every seven years thereafter.
A gnus Dei is also the popular name for the See also:anthem beginning with these words, which is said to have been introduced into the See also:missal by Pope See also:Sergius I. (687-701). Based upon See also:John i. 29, the Latin See also:form is A gnus Dei, qui tollis peccata mundi, See also:miserere nobis. In the celebration of the See also:mass it is repeated three times before the communion, and it is also appended to many of the litanies. By the See also:judgment in the See also:case of " Read and others v. The See also:Bishop of See also:Lincoln " it was decided in 1890 that the singing of the A gnus Dei in See also:English by the See also:choir during the See also:administration of the See also:Holy Communion, provided that the reception ofthe elements be not delayed till its conclusion, is not illegal in the Church of See also:England.
For the various ceremonies in the blessing of the Agnus Dei see A. Vacant, Dict. de theologie (cols. 6o5-613).
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