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Rh And that in Alcuinus:

And that in Grimoldus's Sacramentary:

And that which the Syrians do use:

But yet the Cardinal's answer, that the glory of the body may be prayed for, which the saints shall have at the day of the resurrection, cometh somewhat short of that which the Church used to request in the behalf of St. Leo: for in that prayer express mention is made of his soul, and so it is wished that profit may redound by the present oblation. And, therefore, this defect must be supplied out of his answer unto that other prayer, which is made for the souls of the faithful departed, that they may be delivered out of the mouth of the lion, and that hell may not swallow them up. To this he saith, that,

The same answer did Alphonsus de Castro give before him, that

And Johannes Medina, that

" delighteth to be prayed unto for those things which otherwise he purposed to do. For had decreed," saith he, "after the sin of Adam to take our flesh, and he decreed the time wherein he meant to come; and yet the prayers of the saints, that prayed for his incarnation and for his coming, were acceptable unto him.  hath also decreed to grant pardon unto every repentant sinner; and yet the prayer is grateful unto him, wherein either the penitent doth pray for himself, or another for him, that  would be pleased to accept his repentance.  hath decreed also and promised not to forsake his Church,