2005-02-16

THE WORST!!

"The invocation of the Spirit in the final paragraph has been much debated, and this is one of the points where it has been argued that Hippolytus could not have written this and that the wording of the invocation of the Spirit (or epiclesis) became very prominent, and any eucharistic prayer that lacked such an invocation would be likely to have one inserted. There are, however, weighty arguments to counter these sceptical doubts. First, the Latin and Ethiopic versions are unanimous witness to the text; and while the crucial sentence, 'we beseech you to send your Holy Spirit on the offering', is absent from the fifth century Testament of the Lord which in all other respects..."
AAAaaaaAAaaaAUUUUGH!!!!

I am NOT memorizing this!
This book is the WORST BOOK I HAVE EVER READ IN MY LIFE!! THE WORST!!