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Liturgical Use of Salt

1910 New Catholic Dictionary

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It is put into ordinary holy water and Gregorian water (water of consecration), and is also used in the ceremonies of Baptism, a small quantity being placed on the tongue of the person to be baptized, with the words: "Receive the salt of wisdom; may it be to thee a propitiation unto eternal life."

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Entry for 'Liturgical Use of Salt'. 1910 New Catholic Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​ncd/​l/liturgical-use-of-salt.html. 1910.
 
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