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Explication of the Outlined Theological Significance of the Ordinary of the Mass
The American Missal is a book of liturgies often used by practitioners of the Anglican faith. The vast majority of the liturgies within this manuscript apply to the Eucharist celebration, and are typically used by Anglo-Catholics and Anglicans in place of the Book of Common Prayer, which is another popular text containing prayers within the Anglican faith. The Ordinary of the Mass is a two page section of the American Missal, which is also called the Anglican Missal and provides the specific meditations of the various components that comprise the Eucharist sacrament, which is the acceptance of the blood and body of Jesus to replace the sins of humanity -- or at least those who are willing to believe in the Christ's divinity and omnipotence of God himself. The Ordinary of the Mass is partitioned into six essential segments: the deliverance of the Antiphon, the repetition of the Antiphon, Confession, Absolution, and a final affirmation of the forgiving potency of Christ to restore the sins of humanity. Each of these components of The Ordinary of the Mass has a specific theological basis for its invocation, which is explicated below.
The initial Antiphon provides for the part of this liturgy in which mankind, as represented by both a priest and a server, must fully acknowledge its sins to be received in earnest by the Christ. The Priest begins...
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