By subtle queries, invidious remarks, and treacherous insinuations, the slanderer infuses doubt into the mind of one respecting the integrity or the conduct of an- other; and thus he often effects his purpose with more safety than he could by a more open and direct attack.
MISRI-EFFENDI
340 MISSA PRiESANCTIFICATORUM
some eminent Protestant members of the German uni- versities, was Misri's intimate friend. Misri died at Broussa in 1710. — Hoofer, Nouv. Biof/. Genenile, s. v.
Missabib. Sec ;MAGon-Miss.\BiB.
Missa Catechumenorum is the jiame of that portion of the lituffcics of the early Church at which catcdiumcn.s were iii-rmitteil to be i)rc-sent. It c•on!^i.■*ted of the Prefatory Prayer, the Hymn, the Little Kntrance, the Trisagion, the Epistle and (lospel, and the I'rayers after the (iospel. Before the Great Entrance, or pro- cession of the elements to the altar, all the catechumens were obliged to leave the church, with such wfirds of dismissal as those used in the Liturgy of St. Chrysos- toni: "As many as are catechumens depart; catechu- mens depart ; as many as are catechumens depart ; let none of the catechumens remain." Tlie catechumens being still unbaptizod, it was not considered fitting that they should witness the actual celebration of the holy Eucharist, though they were permitted to take part in I he earlier prayers of the liturgy, and to hear the read- ing of holy Scripture. — Bona, Jier. Lilnrr;. i, 10; Bing- liam, Orif/ines Eccksiasticae, p. 10, 114, 507, 077 et sq. ; Kiddle, Christidn Antiquities, p. 192 sq. ; Coleman, ,-1 7i- cient Christidmly Jixempiified, p. 110, 180, 185, 415. See Cati:ciil-.mi:ns.
Missa Fidelivim, a term for the latter part of the liturgy, as distiiiguislied from that portion at which only catechuiiuMis were allowed to be present. See
jMisSA CATICCIUMENDiaM.
Missa Prassanctificatoruin is the term applied I to a cucharistic office, observed V)y the .idvocates of ' the doctrine of transubstantiation, and in which the great oblation is made and comnnnuon administered with elements consecrated at a previous celebration.
Tlie 49th canon of Laodicea (q. v.), which dates from the 4th century, states that bread ought not to be of- fered during Lent, save on the Sabbath-day and Lord's- day. The o2d canon of the council in Trnllo, or tjuini- sext (A.D. 092), renewed this canon, and ordered the
Thus he gradually but surely undermines the reputa- tion of his neighbor, or supplants those who seem to stand in the way of his own advancement. As secret is more dangerous than open hostility, so the characters of men are often more irreparably injured by calumnious suggestions than by unreserved and un(iualified calum- nies. Sometimes slander is covered under the garb of praise, but then the praise is never bestowed except where it is likely to ])rove injurious to the person, by the aversion which it occasions, or the jealousy which it inflames. We all have many faults, but the slanderer aggravates them by his description. Regardless of ad- herence to truth, he distorts and magnifies whatever he relates. Where the habit of falsehood, as in the base calumniator, is joined with a malevolent disposi- tion, venial defects are magnified into criminal atroci- ties; and a trivial speck, almost too small to be noticed, is spoken of as an incurable ulceration. The malevo- lence of the slanderer is never willing to balance the vices with the virtues, the defects with the inii'i . limis of the human character; but he censures and i un.l. nin> without moderation or indulgence. Men cainicji iii-urr the effect which thoy intend, the issue of their actions, or the success of their exertions. We may deserve, but we caimot command success, (iood endeavors and hon- est efforts are in our power, but the ultimate event is in the hands of God. But when things go wrong, when good endeavors are frustrated, and pernicious effects issue from good principles or meritorious attempts, which could neitiier have been prevented nor foreseen, then how apt are men to impute the unexpected effect to de- liberate contrivance, and to slander the intention which they ought to praise ! Thus, those who arc ever ready to calumniate what merits praise, impute the good which follows any particular action to chance, and the evil to <lesign—Kellowes, 7^0(7^ of Thtologij, ii, 324-329; Buck, Thcol. Diet. s. v. See Slandek. ' Misri-Effendi, a Turkish poet and religious en- thusiast, is noted lor liis attempt at a revolution, under a religious garb, during the reign of Achmet III (1703-
1739). Jlisri was born in Egypt about 1000. Of his use of the rite of the presanctified every day in Lent personal history but little is known previous to 1093. ! except on Saturday, the Lord's-day, and the Eeast of At this time he was flourishing at Broussa as mollah, ' the Annunciation. The Greek Cliurch has accepted an office both of an ecclesiastical and civil character, cor- these regulations, and closely folhmed them, excepting responding somewhat to our "justice of the peace." See that the Liturgy of Basil is saidonMamuly-Thursdayand MoiXAii. Dissatisfied with "the manner in which the on Easter eve, instead of tlie presanctified mass (Xeale, war against Austria was conducted, and believing him- Hist. East. Ch. pt. i, chap, vii, p. 713). For the rite it- self inspired for leadership, he gathered about him three self we refer to Goar, Eiicliohr/iiiw ; Neale, //ist. East. thousaiid fanatics, and with these crossed the Bospho- ' Ch. ; and Benaudot, Litiirr;. Or. Collectio (ed. 1847), i,