Chapter XII.—Salutations.

I salute the holy presbytery. I salute the sacred deacons, and that person most dear to me,^12581258    Literally, “the name desirable to me,” referring to Hero the deacon. whom may I behold, through the Holy Spirit, occupying my place when I shall attain to Christ. My soul be in place of his. I salute the sub-deacons, the readers, the singers, the doorkeepers, the labourers,^12591259    A class of persons connected with the Church, whose duty it was to bury the bodies of the martyrs and others. the exorcists, the confessors.^12601260    Such as voluntarily confessed Christ before Gentile rulers. I salute the keepers of the holy gates, the deaconesses in Christ. I salute the virgins betrothed to Christ, of whom may I have joy in the Lord Jesus.^12611261    Some insert here a clause referring to widows. I salute the people of the Lord, from the smallest to the greatest, and all my sisters in the Lord.