Excerpt from The Ecclesiastical Review, Vol. 57: A Monthly Publication for the Clergy; July, 1917 Hat the sacrificial nature Of the Mass and his'own distinct status as a sacrificing priest were expressly declared by St. Paul, in technical and liturgical terms, in his Epistle to the Romans, is a statement which may surprise non-catholics who have been taught to believe that the Mass is an ecclesiastical invention. It is a statement which, I am convinced, rests on reliable foundations. It is based on the literal interpretation of Romans 15: a verse which, in my judgment, is one Of the most noteworthy in the Bible, not only in View Of its connexion with the Eleusinian mysteries at Athens and its em ployment of terms related to special features in this great national act Of Greek worship, but also because it contains what is in all probability a direct quotation from the Oldest Christian liturgy - the liturgy of St. James. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.