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caro_fw-la abluitur_fw-la caro_fw-la ungitur_fw-la caro_fw-la signatur_fw-la caro_fw-la manus_fw-la impositione_n adumbratur_fw-la ut_fw-la &_o anima_fw-la spiritu_fw-la illuminetur_fw-la and_o lib._n the_o prescript_n cap._n 36._o aquâ_fw-la signat_fw-la spiritu_fw-la sancto_fw-la vestit_fw-la eucharistiâ_fw-la pascit_fw-la yet_o tert._n de_fw-fr cor._n mil._n cap._n 3._o when_o he_o recount_v these_o ceremony_n which_o he_o judge_v to_o have_v be_v of_o apostolical_a tradition_n do_v not_o reckon_v this_o for_o one_o cyprian_n epist._n 73._o ad_fw-la jubaianum_fw-la speak_v of_o s._n peter_n and_o s._n john_n their_o lay_v on_o of_o hand_n at_o samaria_n show_v it_o be_v no_o new_a baptism_n sed_fw-la tantummodo_fw-la quod_fw-la deerat_fw-la id_fw-la à _fw-la petro_n &_o joanne_n factum_fw-la esse_fw-la ut_fw-la oratione_fw-la pro_fw-la iis_fw-la habitâ_fw-la ac_fw-la manu_fw-la impositâ_fw-la invocaretur_fw-la &_o infunderetur_fw-la super_fw-la eos_fw-la spiritus_fw-la sanctus_fw-la quod_fw-la nunc_fw-la quoque_fw-la apud_fw-la nos_fw-la geritur_fw-la ut_fw-la qui_fw-la in_o ecclesiâ_fw-la baptizantur_fw-la praepositis_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la offerantur_fw-la &_o per_fw-la nostram_fw-la orationem_fw-la &_o manus_fw-la impositionem_fw-la spiritum_fw-la sanctum_fw-la consequantur_fw-la &_o signaculo_fw-la divino_fw-la consummentur_fw-la and_o epist._n 70._o after_o he_o have_v speak_v of_o baptism_n he_o add_v ungi_fw-la quoque_fw-la necesse_fw-la est_fw-la cum_fw-la qui_fw-la baptizatus_fw-la sit_fw-la ut_fw-la accepto_fw-la chrismate_fw-la id_fw-la est_fw-la unctione_n esse_fw-la unctus_fw-la dei_fw-la &_o habere_fw-la in_o se_fw-la gratiam_fw-la christ_n possit_fw-la and_o he_o tell_v that_o both_o the_o eucharist_n &_o oleum_fw-la unde_fw-la unguntur_fw-la babtizati_fw-la in_fw-la altari_fw-la sanctificatur_fw-la cyril_n of_o jerusalem_n his_o three_o mistagogical_a catechism_n be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d wherein_o he_o describe_v the_o anoint_v we_o have_v from_o god_n and_o the_o consecrate_a oil_n which_o be_v the_o rite_n expressive_a of_o the_o former_a compare_v it_o to_o the_o dove_n that_o descend_v from_o christ_n and_o be_v his_o spiritual_a anoint_v which_o be_v also_o do_v by_o optatus_n lib._n 4._o cont_n paramenianum_fw-la and_o the_o areopagite_n de_fw-fr eccles._n hire_n cap._n 4._o where_o he_o at_o length_n describe_v the_o rite_n use_v in_o the_o consecrate_v
of_o the_o chrisma_n yet_o this_o chrisma_n be_v not_o so_o peculiar_a to_o confirmation_n but_o that_o it_o be_v also_o use_v upon_o other_o occasion_n nazianzen_n tell_v as_o be_v above_o cite_v that_o such_o as_o be_v ordain_v be_v also_o anoint_v it_o be_v also_o use_v in_o baptism_n so_o both_o tertullian_n cyprian_n and_o jerome_n and_o the_o 48._o canon_n of_o the_o council_n of_o laodicea_n decree_n that_o the_o illuminati_fw-la post_fw-la baptisma_fw-la shall_v be_v anoint_v with_o this_o unguentum_fw-la coeleste_fw-la but_o by_o the_o i._o can._n of_o the_o council_n of_o orange_n it_o be_v decree_v that_o he_o who_o be_v not_o anoint_v at_o baptism_n shall_v receive_v the_o chrisma_n at_o his_o confirmation_n by_o which_o it_o seem_v they_o do_v not_o repeat_v the_o ceremony_n of_o anoint_v to_o such_o as_o have_v receive_v it_o at_o baptism_n likewise_o these_o who_o return_v from_o heresy_n by_o the_o 7._o can._n of_o the_o second_o general_n council_n be_v to_o be_v anoint_v &_o front_n &_o oculis_fw-la &_o naribus_fw-la &_o over_o &_o auribus_fw-la &_o signantes_fw-la eos_fw-la dicimus_fw-la donum_fw-la spiritus_fw-la sancti_fw-la and_o like_v unto_o this_o be_v the_o 7._o can._n of_o laodicea_n and_o author_n resp._n ad_fw-la orthod_n that_o go_v under_o iustin_n name_n ad_fw-la quoe_v 14._o cum_fw-la hoereticus_fw-la ad_fw-la veram_fw-la fidèm_fw-la accedit_fw-la corrigitur_fw-la lapsus_fw-la falsae_fw-la opinionis_fw-la sententiae_fw-la mutatione_n baptismi_fw-la sancti_fw-la chrismatis_fw-la unctione_n ordinationis_fw-la manum_fw-la impositione_n nihilque_fw-la quod_fw-la prius_fw-la erat_fw-la indissolutum_fw-la manet_fw-la now_o by_o this_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d which_o he_o mention_n be_v not_o mean_v a_o new_a ordination_n which_o be_v not_o give_v to_o these_o that_o return_v from_o heresy_n for_o as_o appear_v by_o the_o council_n of_o nice_a the_o order_n which_o they_o get_v among_o the_o heretic_n be_v hold_v valid_a and_o 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sacramentum_fw-la chrismatis_fw-la lib._n 2._o cont_n petilianum_fw-la cap._n 104._o apply_v to_o it_o that_o of_o the_o ointment_n on_o aaron_n beard_n psalm_n 133._o but_o elsewhere_o he_o call_v that_o bread_n which_o be_v blessed_v not_o with_o the_o eucharistical_a and_o sacramental_a benediction_n but_o with_o that_o low_a degree_n call_v eulogy_n which_o may_v be_v give_v to_o the_o catechuman_n sacramentum_fw-la catechumenorum_fw-la use_v this_o term_n large_o as_o he_o say_v epist._n add_v marcellinum_n signum_fw-la cum_fw-la ad_fw-la rem_fw-la sacram_fw-la applicatur_fw-la sacramentum_fw-la appellatur_fw-la of_o this_o sign_n of_o the_o cross_n be_v likewise_o to_o be_v understand_v that_o of_o the_o signaculum_fw-la dominicum_fw-la mention_v by_o cyprian_a ep._n 73._o the_o next_o thing_n to_o be_v inquire_v after_o be_v who_o be_v the_o minister_n of_o confirmation_n in_o the_o western_a church_n the_o bishop_n do_v only_o administer_v it_o so_o jerome_n adv_o 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