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 but with your left hand supporting your right hand, which is to hold so great a king, receive the body of Jesus Christ in the hollow of that hand, saying, Amen.-Be very careful that nothing falls, considering the loss of the smallest particle, as if you should lose a member of your body.—After having thus communicated of the body and blood of Jesus Christ, approach to the chalice of the blood, not stretching out your hands, but bowing down in the attitude of homage and adoration, and saying, ''Amen. Cat. Myst. v. p. 239, 244. Parisiis. 1631.

ST. OPTATUS OF MILEVIS, L. C.—“ What is so sacrile gious as to break, to erase, and to remove the altars of God, on which you yourselves once made offerings ? On them the vows of the people, and the members of Christ were borne. For what is the altar, but the seat of the body and blood of Christ? What offence had Christ given, whose body and blood, at certain times, do there dwell? —This huge 'impiety is doubled, whilst you broke also the chalices, the bearers of the blood of Christ.” Adv. Parmen. L. vi. p. 91, 92, 93.-Among other excesses with which he charges the Donatists, he had before mentioned, that they ordered the consecrated elements to be poured out to dogs; which, seized with madness, turned against their masters, as against strangers, " guilty of the body of the Lord.”'' Ibid. L. ii. p. 39.

St. BASIL, G. C.-“About the things that God has spoken, there should be no hesitation, nor doubt, but a firm persuasion, that all is true and possible, though Nature be against it. Herein lies the struggle of Faith—The Jews, therefore strove among themselves, saying: How can this man