19. After this the Priest says, “Holy
things to holy men.” Holy are the gifts presented, having
received the visitation of the Holy Ghost; holy are ye also, having
been deemed worthy of the Holy Ghost; the holy things therefore
correspond to the holy persons Compare Waterland on
this passage, c. X. p 688.. Then ye say,
“One is Holy, One is the Lord, Jesus Christ Apost. Const.
VIII. c. xiii: “Let the Bishop speak thus to the
people: Holy things for holy persons. And let the people
answer: There is One that is holy; there is one Lord, one Jesus
Christ, blessed for ever, to the glory of God the Father.”
The Liturgies of St. James and of Constantinople have nearly the same
words: in the Liturgy of St. Mark the answer of the people
is: One Father holy, one Son holy, one Spirit holy, in the unity
of the Holy Spirit..” For One is truly holy, by
nature holy; we too are holy, but not by nature, only by participation,
and discipline, and prayer.