An early and interesting examination of links between ancient Catholic rituals and the LDS temple was published by Marcus Wellnitz in "The Catholic Liturgy and the Mormon Temple," BYU Studies, vol. 21, no. 1, 1981. There's one passage that I'd like to use in something I'm writing, but his documentation is incomplete. I'm wondering if some of you with better access to university resources could help me look this up. He refers to a sixth century document, but doesn't mention what it is and only refers to a modern book that seems hard to find. The book is Arthur McCormack, Christian Initiation, volume 50 in The Twentieth Century Encyclopedia of Catholicism (New York: Hawthorn Books, 1969). The citation is from page 50, though there may be material from pages 50 to 60 that I'd be interested in, if you have access to the book. Google Books and Amazon are no help in looking at content in this particular book.

Here is the excerpt from Wellnitz's article that I am examining:

Since Christ (Christos) means anointed, Cyril suggests that we can all become little Christs by the ordinance of anointing. By this imitation the person is now also "a priest . . . and a prophet, . . . royal in nature," as one theologian put it. 47 Oil is "the symbol of divine healing, the giving of strength and priestly power." 48 "The body is washed so that the soul may be purified; the body is anointed so that the soul may be made holy," wrote Tertullian. 49 He also associates it with the act of a ritual cleansing. 50 The oil is kept in special containers and is available to "cure, enlighten, pacify, and strengthen." 51 A person may be anointed on thirty-six different places of the body in the Coptic rite. 52 Touching various parts of the infant immediately after the baptism and anointing is still a ceremony of the modern Catholic rite; the priest touches the ears and the mouth of the child with his thumb, saying: "The Lord Jesus made the deaf hear and the dumb speak. May he soon touch your ears to receive his word, and your mouth to proclaim his faith, and to praise the glory of God the Father." 53 The same ordinance in the sixth century employed the following monologue:

I sign your forehead. . . . I sign your eyes so that they may see the glory of God. I sign your ears so that you may hear the voice of the Lord. I sign your nostrils so that you may breathe the fragrance of Christ. I sign your lips so that you may speak the words of life. I sign your heart so that you may believe in the Holy Trinity. I sign your shoulders so that you may bear the yoke of Christ's service. . . . In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost, so that you may live forever and ever ["Saeculum saeculorum"]. 54 [citing McCormack, Christian Initiation, 1969, p 50.]

If you can help me verify the McCormack reference and tell me what document McCormack is citing, please let me know. I've found some related sources from early Christian liturgy, but not one that speaks of signing or anointing the shoulders so that they may bear the yoke. If you know of that source or something similar, I'd be very grateful.

Update, Sept. 4:
Thanks to excellent help from kind readers, I've learned what McCormack was citing and found it on Google Books. So here is what I have so far:

Wellnitz cites Arthur McCormack, Christian Initiation, volume 50 in The Twentieth Century Encyclopedia of Catholicism (New York: Hawthorn Books, 1969), 50. McCormack, in turn, cites Pierre Paris, L'initiation chrétienne: leçons sur le baptême [Christian Initiation: Lessons on Baptism] (Paris: Beauchesne et Fils, 1944), 26-27; available on Google Books via http://tinyurl.com/jlinterp-1. Paris refers to a 6th century rite from the Gallican lands (pays gallican), or Gaul in France, from a source that is described as "le missel gothique", the Gothic missal. The actual document he refers to is unclear. It may be the Missale Gothicum or other early Gallican liturgical documents discussed at "The Gallican Rite," The Catholic Encyclopedia, NewAdvent.org, http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06357a.htm. My ultimate goal is to track down the document that was the source for Pierre Paris. It may only be in Latin or some other language, perhaps. Versions of Gallican rite documents I've found so far don't get into the details of the anointing/signing. Any leads?
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