"O Lord Jesus Christ, who saidst unto Thine Apostles, Peace I leave
with you, My Peace I give unto you: Regard not our sins, but the
faith of Thy {265} Church; and grant her that Peace and Unity,
which is agreeable to Thy Will, Who livest and reignest with the
Father and the Holy Ghost, one God, world without end. Amen."
(See UNDIVIDED CHURCH.)
Unleavened Bread.--From time immemorial the bread used in the Holy
Communion has generally been unleavened, or wafer bread as it is
sometimes called, from its shape, being made round like a wafer.
Unleavened bread is used from a sense of reverence, using something
specially made for so holy a purpose, and also because unleavened
bread is not so likely to crumble as ordinary bread. It is also
believed that this was undoubtedly the kind of bread our Lord used
when He instituted the Blessed Sacrament.
Use.--This is an ecclesiastical term to designate the Liturgy or
Prayer-book peculiar to any Diocese or national Church and differing
from other Liturgies in minor details. For example, in the early
ages of the English Church there were different "uses," or customs,
such as the Salisbury or "Sarum Use "; meaning the Prayer-book set
forth by Osmond in A.D. 1085, and used in the Diocese of Salisbury.
So also, there was the "Use of Bangor," the "Use of York," the
"Hereford Use," etc., but all these differing "uses" were finally
superseded by the one national use, the present Prayer-book of the
Church of England. The American Prayer-book is declared in the title
page to be "The Book of Common Prayer and Administrations of the
Sacraments and other Rites and Ceremonies of THE CHURCH (Catholic)
_According to_ THE USE of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the
United States of America." {266}
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