Amen

"So frequent was this Hebrew in the mouth of Our Saviour that it pleased the Holy Ghost to have it perpetuated in the ."

"The Amen which in many liturgies is spoken by the faithful at the moment of receiving Holy Communion may also be traced back to primitive usage."

"As soon as the common prayers are ended and they (the Christians) have saluted one another with a kiss, bread and wine and water are brought to the president, who receiving them gives praise to the Father of all things by the Son and Holy Spirit and makes a long thanksgiving (eucharistian epi poly) for the blessings which He has vouchsafed to bestow upon them, and when he has ended the prayers and thanksgiving, all the people that are present forthwith answer with acclamation Amen."

"Amen, the Lord perform the words which thou hast prophesied."

"Amen, Amen, I say unto you, before Abraham was made, I am."

"Cursed be he that honoureth not his father and mother, and all the people shall say Amen."

"These things saith the Amen, the faithful and true witness who is the beginning of the creation of God."

"Blessed be the Lord God of Israel from eternity; and let the people say Amen and a hymn to God."

"Now the God of peace be with you all. Amen."

"Word Amen is still employed in the ritual both of Jews and Mohammedans."

"Else if thou shall bless with the spirit, how shall he that holdeth the place of the unlearned say Amen to thy blessing?"

"The word Amen occurs not infrequently in early Christian inscriptions, and that it was often introduced into anathemas and gnostic spells. Moreover, as the Greek letters which form Amen according to their numerical values total 99 (alpha=1, mu=40, epsilon=8, nu=50), this number often appears in inscriptions, especially of Egyptian origin, and a sort of magical efficacy seems to have been attributed to its symbol."