but in accordance with that of the Church of England, in her rubric
concerning spiritual communion, annexed to the Office for Communion of
the Sick: he may consider, whether that rubric, explained (as if
possible it must be) in consistency with the definition of a sacrament
in the Catechism, can be meant for any but rare and extraordinary
cases: cases as strong in regard of the Eucharist, as that of
martyrdom, or the premature death of a well-disposed catechumen, in
regard of Baptism.'

Keble's Pref. to Hooker, p. 85, n. 70. Ed.]




XI SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY.

Epistle.--1 Cor. xv. 1.

Brethren, I declare unto you the Gospel which I preached unto you.

Why should the obsolete, though faithful, Saxon translation of [Greek:
euaggelion] be retained? Why not 'good tidings?' Why thus change a most
appropriate and intelligible designation of the matter into a mere
conventional name of a particular book?

Ib.

... how that Christ died for our sins.

But the meaning of [Greek: uper ton hamarti_on haem_on] is, that Christ