See also:

• LECTOR, or READER

LECTOR, or READER  , a See also:

• MINOR
• MINOR (Lat. for smaller, lesser)
• MINOR, ROBERT CRANNELL (1839-1904)

minor See also:

• OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")

office-See also:

• BEARER

bearer in the See also:

• CHRISTIAN
• CHRISTIAN, WILLIAM (1608-1663)

Christian See also:

• CHURCH
• CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
• CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
• CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
• CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
• CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)

Church . From an See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early See also:

• PERIOD
• PERIOD (Gr. irepioSos, a going or way round, circuit, aepi, round, and &Sis, way, road)

period men have been set apart, under the See also:

• TITLE (0. Fr. title, mod. titre, from Lat. titulus)

title of anagnostae, lectores, or readers, for the purpose of See also:

• READING

reading See also:

• HOLY

Holy Scripture in church . We do not know what the See also:

• CUSTOM (from O. Fr. costume, costume or coustume; Low Lat. costuma, a shortened form of consuetudo)

custom of the Church was in the first two centuries, the earliest reference to readers, as an See also:

• ORDER
• ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
• ORDER, HOLY

order, occurring in the writings of See also:

• TERTULLIAN (c. 155-c. 222)

Tertullian (De praescript. haeret. cap . 41); there are frequent allusions to them in the writings of St See also:

• CYPRIAN, SAINT [Caecilius Cyprianus, called THASCIUS] (c. 200–258)

Cyprian and afterwards . See also:

• CORNELIUS
• CORNELIUS, CARL AUGUST PETER (1824-1874)
• CORNELIUS, PETER VON (1784–1867)

Cornelius, See also:

• BISHOP (A.S. bisceop, from Lat. episcopus, Gr. irio-Korros, " overlooker " or " overseer ")
• BISHOP, ISABELLA (1832-1904)
• BISHOP, SIR HENRY ROWLEY (1786-1855)

bishop of See also:

• ROME
• ROME (Roma)

Rome in A.D . 251-252, in a well-known See also:

• LETTER (through Fr. lettre from Lat. littera or litera, letter of the alphabet; the origin of the Latin word is obscure; it has probably no connexion with the root of linere, to smear, i.e. with wax, for an inscription with a stilus)

letter mentions readers among the various church orders then existing at Rome . In the Apostolic Church Order (See also:

• CANON

canon 19), mentionis made of the qualifications and duties of a reader, but no reference is made to their method of ordination . In the Apostolic Didascalia there is recognition of three minor orders of men, subdeacons, readers and singers, in addition to two orders of See also:

• WOMEN

women, deaconesses and widows . A See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century later, in the Apostolic Constitutions, we find not only a recognition of readers, but also a See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form of See also:

• ADMISSION

admission provided for them, consisting of the See also:

• IMPOSITION (from Lat. imponere, to place or lay upon)

imposition of hands and See also:

• PRAYER (from Lat. precari, entreat; Ital. pregaria, Fr. priere)
• PRAYER, BOOK OF COMMON

prayer (See also:

• LIB

lib. viii. cap . 22) . In See also:

• AFRICA
• AFRICA, ROMAN

Africa the imposition of hands was not in use, but a See also:

• BIBLE
• BIBLE, ENGLISH

Bible was handed to the newly appointed reader with words of See also:

• COMMISSION (from Lat. commissio, committere)

commission to read it, followed by a prayer and a See also:

• BENEDICTION (Lat. benedictio, from benedicere, to bless)

benediction (See also:

• FOURTH

Fourth See also:

• COUNCIL (Lat. concilium, from cum, together, and the root cal, to call)

Council of See also:

• CARTHAGE
• CARTHAGE (Phoenician Kart-hadshat, " New City "; Gr. Kapxn5c; v, Lat. Carthago or Carchedon)
• CARTHAGE, SYNODS OF

Carthage, can . 8) .

This is the See also:

• RITUAL (from Lat. ritus, a custom, especially a religious rite or custom)

ritual of the See also:

• ROMAN

Roman Church of to-See also:

• DAY (O. Eng. dreg, Ger. Tag; according to the New English Dictionary, " in no way related to the Lat. dies")
• DAY, JOHN (1574-1640?)
• DAY, THOMAS (1748-1789)

day . With regard to See also:

• AGE (Fr. age, through late Lat. aetaticum, from aetas)

age, the novels of Justinian (No . 123) forbade any one to be admitted to the office of reader under the age of eighteen . (F . E .