[92] [It is found in the Carthaginian Kalendar, but not in the Bucherian, nor in that of Polemius Silvius. Edd.] [93] Other festivals connected with St Andrew are noticed in _D.C.A._ [94] _Ministry of Grace_, 419. [95] See Duchesne, _Chr. Worship_, E. tr. 281. [96] See Sinker’s article in _D.C.A._ [97] For variations as to the day of observance see Baillet, and Sinker in _D.C.A._ [98] _Serm._ 196, 287. [99] [It is found in the Gelasian and in some forms of the Gregorian Sacramentary. Edd.] [100] For other variations as to the day see Sinker’s article in _D.C.A._ [101] Kellner, 313. [102] See the Gelasian and Gregorian Sacramentaries. [103] _Heortology_, p. 15. [104] _Ad Uxor._ ii. 4. [105] See for details of evidence Bingham, bk. xiii. c. 9. [106] _Epp._ lib. v. 17. [107] _Ep. ad Laetam_, 9. [108] _Comment. in Matth._ XXV. 6. [109] This letter is to be found in the _Corpus Juris Canonici, Decretal._ lib. iii. tit. 46. [110] Muratori, _Liturg. Rom._ II. 786-790: 702-703. [111] _H.E._ IV. 30: III. 27. [112] See p. 110. [113] Euseb. _H.E._ v. 24. The words as to the forty hours are not unattended with difficulty; but the interpretation given above is that adopted by the soundest scholars. See Duchesne (_Christ. Worship_, E. tr., p. 241), and the notes on the place by Valesius. The meaning is probably that no food was partaken for forty continuous hours. [114] _de Jejunio_, 2, 13, 14. [115] Dionysius of Alexandria, _Ep. to Basilides_, in Feltoe, _Letters of Dionysius of Alex._, p. 94 f. [116] _H.E._ v. 22. [117] The account in Socrates cannot be confidently regarded as strictly accurate in some of its details. We cannot readily accept the statement that the Saturdays at Rome were not fasting days. [118] _Collat._ xxi. 25. [119] _Liturgia Romana Vetus_ (Muratori), II. 28, 29. [120] _Vita S. Margaritae_, c. II. § 18. [121] See pp. 143 f. [122] The whole subject of the Lent of the Eastern Church is very fully dealt with by Nilles in his _Kalendarium Manuale_ and by Prince Maximilian of Saxony in his _Praelectiones de Liturgiis Orientalibus_, 1908. [123] See pp. 77, 80 f. [124] Another reading is _pro populo_. [125] _Paenitentiale_, II. xiv. 1 (Haddon and Stubbs, _Councils_, III. 202). [126] ‘In tribus quadragesimis anni et in dominica die et in feriis quartis et in sextis feriis conjuges continere se debent.’ Lib. xlvi. c. 11: Wasserschleben, _Die Irische Kanonensammlung_ (ed. 1885), p. 187. [127] The Great Litany on St Mark’s day at Rome was much earlier. [128] See _Serm._ xix. 2; lxxx. 4. [129] For the reasons for his ingenious conjecture see _Christian Worship_, E. tr. p. 223. [130] See Sinker’s scholarly article ‘Ember Days’ in the _Dictionary of Christian Antiquities_, for many valuable details. [131] The MS. is wanting for the part before April.