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Rh And in the Liturgy fathered upon the Apostles:

And in the Liturgies of the Churches of Egypt, which carry the title of St. Basil, Gregory Nazianzen, and Cyril of Alexandria:

And in the Liturgy of the Church of Constantinople, ascribed to St. Chrysostom:

Which kind of oblation for the saints, sounding somewhat harshly in the ears of the Latins, Leo Thuscus, in his translation, thought best to express it to their better liking, after this manner:

As if the phrase of "offering for the martyrs," were not to be found in St. Chrysostom's own works; and more universally

in the suffrages of the Church rehearsed by Epiphanius. Yea, and in the Western Church itself:

as may be seen in the Muzarabical Office, used in Spain.

Sixthly, this may be confirmed out of the funeral orations of