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 Grant that the souls of them all may rest in the bosoms of our Fathers Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.-To those, O Lord, whose souls thou has received, grant repose in that place, and vouchsafe to transfer them to the kingdom of heaven.” Ibid. p. 73.

COPTIC LITURGY OF ST. GREGORY, G. C.-“ Be mindful, O Lord, of our Fathers and brethren, who have already slept in the orthodox faith ; grant rest to them all with thy Saints, and with those whose names have been commemorated.” Ibid. p. 34.

ALEXANDRIAN LITURGY OF ST. GREGORY, G.C.-"Be mindful, O Lord, of our Holy Fathers, who are gone before us—and of every just Spirit, consummated in the faith of Christ :-also of those, who are commemorated this day, and of all the choirs of Saints, by whose prayers and intercessions, have mercy on us.” Ibid. p. 112.

COPTIC LITURGY OF ST. CYRIL, G. C.-“ Have mercy, O Lord. To our Fathers and brethren, who have slept, and whose souls thou hast received, give rest.” Ibid. p. 41.

“ As the Catholic Church, instructed by the Holy Spirit, has taught in her Councils, from the sacred writings, and the ancient tradition of the Fathers, and this Synod has now recently declared, that there is a Purgatory, and that the souls there detained are helped by the suffrages of the faithful, but principally by the acceptable sacrifice of the altar, therefore this holy Synod gives her commands to the Bishops, to be particularly careful, that the sound doctrine concerning Purgatory, which has been delivered by the holy Fathers and sacred Councils, be taught, and held, and believed, and be every where preached: that all abstruse and subtle questions, which tend not to edification, and from which piety seldom draws any advantage, be avoided in public discourses