Excerpt from The Roman Missal: Translated Into the English Language for the Use of the Laity That in the Mass, there is offered to God, a true proper, and propitiatory sacrifice for the living anc the dead, and that the victim offered to God, is the body and'blood, together with the soul and di vinity of our Lord Jesus Christ, under the appear ance of bread and wine. Assuming this doctrine to be true in all its parts, the Editor trusts the can did reader will find, upon examination, that the cere monies are not only not ridiculous, but are deeply significant, highly instructive, wisely instituted, and greatly edifying. Every Roman Catholic necessa rily believes this doctrine in its fullest extent and plainest meaning, otherwise he would cease to be a member of the Church: as he is also supposed to know the grounds upon which this doctrine rests, for if he be ignorant of them, his ignorance is the consequence of his neglect, it was deemed quite un necessary to enter upon those grounds in the ex planation to the Catholic reader; and to enter upon them with sufficient accuracy and expansion, to satisfy the mind of any other person, would require more space than could be conveniently given, or than would, indeed, be compatible with a principal object of the compiler - to keep the price of the book as low as possible. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.