tions, but that our prayers may be effective through their prayers and merits. Hence it is written ( Apoc. 8:4 ) that "the smoke of the incense," namely "the prayers of the saints ascended up before God." This is also clear from the very style employed by the Church in praying: s…

ng by at the Divine mysteries may present to God the prayers of both priest and people, according to Apoc. 8:4 : "And the smoke of the incense of the prayers of the saints ascended up before God, from the hand of the angel." But God's "altar on high" means either the Church trium…

Dei, et ascendit fumus incensorum de manu angeli, super altare aureum, quod est in conspectu Domini (Apoc. VIII, 4, 3) . In tanti sanctuario templi posita est arca testamenti (III Reg. VI, 19) ex imputribilibus et ad ignem durescentibus non ardentibus [Note: [Col. 0329D] Lignis…