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He has very little respect for the infallible Pope. And he would be the last to trust to private judgment the testimonium Spiritus Sancti as understood by some Protestants. Where, then, is the ultimate Court of Appeal?
For it is said of the Apostle: Nemo novit quae sunt hominis, nisi spiritus hominis qui in ipso est; "No man knoweth which are the privy dispositions of man, but the spirit of the same man, the which is in himself"; and, peradventure, thou knowest not yet thine own inward disposition thyself, so fully as thou shalt do hereafter, when God will let thee feel it by the proof, among many failings and risings.
"Ego te absolvo ab omnibus censuris et peccatis, in nomine Patris " He raised himself a little and lifted his hand, moving it sideways across and down as he ended "et Filii et Spiritus Sancti." The priest rose up once more, his duty driving his emotion down; he did not dare to look across at the two figures beyond the bed, or even to question himself again as to what he was doing.
The priest then gave the Emperor the pieces of gold and the ring; he presented the pieces of gold to the Empress and placed the ring on her finger, saying, "This ring I give unto you in token of the marriage we are contracting." The priest made the sign of the cross upon the hand of the Empress, and said, "In nomine Patris et Filii et Spiritus Sancti, Amen." Then mass was said.
It was the Cardinal who stood there, upright and serene as ever, with a look in his eyes that silenced the priest. He lifted his hand on which shone his great amethyst, and at the motion, scarcely knowing what he did, the priest was on his knees. "Benedictio Dei omnipotentis Patris et Filii et Spiritus Sancti, descendat super te, et maneat semper." That was all; not a word more.
"Benedictio Dei omnipotentis, Patris et Filii et Spiritus sancti, descendat super te et maneat semper. Amen." Then there fell a silence. A horse blew out its nostrils somewhere behind and stamped; then a man's voice cried brutally: "Now then, is that popish mummery done yet?" There was a murmur and stir in the group. But Anthony had risen. "That is all," he said.
"Oh! that little game of hide and seek is still going on, but I have not lost hope even yet. God's mills grind slowly and we must abide His own good time, His own good time." "Magnificat anima mea Dominum." The exquisite voice rose and fell daintily on the incense-laden air. "Et exultavit spiritus meus in Deo salutari meo," responded the chorus in triumphant harmony.
"There's stuff put i' the beer what the brewers brew, as is enough to knock the strongest man silly. I'm just fair tired o' hearin' o' Temp'rance this an' Temp'rance that, while 'arf the men as goes to Parl'ment takes their livin' out o' the brewin' o' beer an' spiritus liquors.
"Pater de coelis Deus, miserere nobis; Fili Redemptor mundi Deus, miserere nobis, Spiritus sancte Deus, miserere nobis; Sancte Trinitas unus Deus, miserere nobis" the Tenor sang softly to himself as he slowly pursued his way.
What was a metaphysical incomprehensibility became an intelligible reality. The Demon can be seen in "Faust" as in a mirror, and in glancing into it we behold our Darwinian progenitor, the animal, face to face. Before the times of Goethe, with very few exceptions, the Evil Spirit was an entity with whom any one might become familiar in fact, the "spiritus familiaris" of old.
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