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← On the Ecclesiastical Hierarchy↑ Caput II — I. Concerning things done in Illumination.

Section 4

On the Ecclesiastical Hierarchy · Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite

Then collecting a full religious assembly into the sacred place, for co-operation, and common rejoicing over the man's salvation, and for thanksgiving for the Divine Goodness, he first chants a certain hymn, found in the Oracles, accompanied by the whole body of the Church; and after this, when he has kissed the holy table, he advances to the man before him, and demands of him, what has brought him here?

PdEH 2.4.1