Editorial note — Chapter IX · OF THE SACRAMENTS OF THE CHURCH

[Footnote 546: What we call Maunday Thursday, from Mandatum novum ('A new commandment I give unto you,' etc.), which the Church of England retains as a Lesson for the day, is more properly called The Caena Domini, or Lord's Supper, in remembrance (as Bishop Andrewes says) of the mighty mystery of Thy holy body and precious blood, instituted on the evening of this day.—See S. Isidore, De Offic. Eccles. i, 28. The chapter referred to (73 of the sixth book), shows that penitents were restored to communion on this day, and with what ceremonies.] [Footnote 547: These, besides their great length, are not required for the explication of our more immediate subject.]