1779:, page 107, Institution of Acolytes, n. 3. The Roman Missal, Catholic Truth Society, 2010, ISBN 9781860827303, page 57, n. 100; page 75, n. 191-192; page 90, n. 279; page 92, n. 284; page 105, n. 336. Book of Blessings, Liturgical Press, Minnesota, 1989, ISBN 0-8146-1875-8, page xxviii, n. 18(d); page xxxi, n. 38. Ceremonial of Bishops, Liturgical Press, 1989, ISBN 9781794776760, page 24, n. 28; page 220, n. 802. Holy Communion and the Worship of the Eucharist Outside of Mass, E.J. Dwyer, Sydney, 1975, ISBN 0855744014, page 9, n. 17.
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where as other parishes may have them as a distinctive and formal ministry. Then in Low or
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265:orarion
246:tonsure
217:In the
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