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Chapter XXIII.—Of
Kneeling.
In the matter of kneeling also prayer is
subject to diversity of observance, through the act of some few who
abstain from kneeling on the Sabbath; and since this dissension is
particularly on its trial before the churches, the Lord will give His
grace that the dissentients may either yield, or else indulge their
opinion without offence to others. We, however (just as we have
received), only on the day of the Lord’s Resurrection ought to
guard not only against kneeling, but every posture and office of
solicitude; deferring even our businesses lest we give any place to the
devil.8915
Similarly, too, in
the period of Pentecost; which period we distinguish by the same
solemnity of exultation.8916
| 8916 i.e. abstaining
from kneeling: kneeling being more “a posture of
solicitude” and of humility; standing, of
“exultation.” | But who would
hesitate every day to prostrate himself before God, at least in
the first prayer with which we enter on the daylight? At fasts,
moreover, and Stations, no prayer should be made without kneeling, and
the remaining customary marks of humility; for (then)8917
| 8917 i.e. at fasts
and Stations. [Sabbath = Saturday, supra.] | we are not only praying, but
deprecating, and making satisfaction to God our Lord.8918
| 8918 For the meaning
of “satisfaction” as used by the Fathers, see Hooker,
Eccl. Pol. vi. 5. | Touching times of prayer nothing at
all has been prescribed, except clearly “to pray at every time
and every place.”8919
| 8919 Eph. vi. 18; 1 Thess. v. 17; 1 Tim. ii.
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