But does not the sacred scripture condemn this practice? No: far from condemning, it authorises it, as appears from what has been already said. As to the text of St. Paul, (1 Cor. xiv.) the apostle does not speak one word, in that whole chapter, of the liturgy of the church, which at Corinth was in Greek, and consequently in a known language. He treats of the miraculous gift of speaking all tongues, which was communicated by the Holy Ghost to the first believers; and he cautions the Corinthians against all confusion and disorder in the use of this miraculous gift at their pious meetings and assemblies, by directing them, that if they spoke with tongues, it should be done by two, or at most by three, and that one should interpret the meaning of the words. In short, the apostle only blames the abuse of the gifts of tongues, which some of the Corinthians were guilty of, by affecting, out of ostentation, to make extemporary prayers, and to preach and exhort, at the same time, all or any of them together, in tongues utterly unknown, which, for want of an interpreter, could be of no edification to the rest of the faithful. But when it is done in proper circumstances, without confusion, and when the sense of the words is expounded by an interpreter, the apostle does not reprehend, but permits and orders the speaking in tongues that are not commonly understood, as appears from the 5th and 29th verses. Now the faithful have the public liturgy and church offices interpreted in their ordinary prayer books; and their pastors are commanded by the Council of Trent, (Sess. 22. chap. 8,) to explain to them the mysteries contained in the Mass, and to teach them to accompany the priest with suitable prayers and devotion adapted to every part of it. {340} The Ordinary Of The Holy Mass. Part I. The Preparation Of The Offerers, By Acts Of Humility, Praise, Faith, Etc. The Priest beginning at the foot of the Altar, says, In nomine Patris, et Filii, et Spiritus Sancti. Amen. In the name of the Father, &c. Amen. _Ant_. Introibo ad altare Dei. _Ant_. I will go unto the altar of God. R. Ad Deum qui lætificat juventutem meam. R. To God, who rejoiceth my youth. The following Psalm (42nd) is omitted in Passion time, and in Masses for the Dead. Judica me, Deus, et discerne causam meam de gente non sancta: ab homine iniquo et doloso erne me. Judge me, O God, and distinguish my cause from the nation that is not holy: from the unjust and deceitful man deliver me. R. Quia tu es, Deus, fortitudo mea, quare me repulisti? et quare tristis incedo, dum affligit me inimicus? R. Since thou, O God, art my strength, why hast thou cast me off? and why do I go sorrowful, while the enemy afflicteth me? {341} P. Emitte lucem tuam et veritatem tuam: ipsa me deduxenmt et adduxenint in montem sanctum tuum, et in tabernacula tua.