Certainly  we  may  infer  that  Hincm^ar  knew  more  than
he  liked  to  notice  publicly,  from  his  never  once  quoting  the


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C  mon  nor  giving  his  readers  the  least  hint  what  the  order
of  it  was  in  his  Church.  As  regards  his  own  teaching  he
twice  quotes  Venerable  Bede,  word  for  word,  on  the  action  of
the  Holy  Grhost  on  the  oblation  of  bread  and  wine,^  thereby
testifying  to  the  traditions  in  which  he  had  himself  been
brought  up.  And  in  the  second  of  these  passages  for  the
institution  he  quotes  at  great  length  the  words  of  our  Lord
on  different  occasions,  as  we  have  them  given  by  S.  John,
S,  Paul,  and  S.  Luke,  but  never  in  the  form  given  to  them
in  the  Canon — his  own  comments  on  them  being  merely : —

*  These  things  He  said,  and  says  and  performs,  Who
spake,  and  they  were  made ;  He  commanded,  and  they  were
created.'

Further  on  he  adds : —

^  The  whole,  therefore,  which  is  enacted  in  this  oblation
of  the  body  and  blood  of  the  Lord  is  a  mystery ;  it  is  one
thing  which  is  seen  and  another  which  is  comprehended.
