The members to be anointed were not the same in
all Churches, but everywhere the chief ceremony was the anointing of
the forehead with the sign of the Cross. This is what Cyril calls
“the Royal Sign Cat. iv. § 14.,” and
“the Royal Seal to be borne upon the forehead of Christ’s
soldiers Ib. xii. § 8.,” and again,
“The Seal of the fellowship of the Holy Ghost Ib. xviii. 33..”