54. The form of the sacrament of confirmation in the Greek church, according to the generally received opinion, consists in the words: "the sign of the gift of the Holy Spirit" uttered by the minister while making the sign of the Cross with the holy oil on the forehead of the candidate. This is clear from canon 7 of the First Council of Constantinople (Harduin, Collect. vol. I, p. 811) as Cardinal Bessarion correctly understands the words of that canon (in Opuscolo de Eucharistia, printed in the Library of the Fathers, vol. 26, p. 765, Lyons edition): "The Second Ecumenical Council gives the words of consecration for holy chrism in the seventh canon as follows: 'While signing them, that is while anointing them with the most holy chrism, we say: the sign of the gift of the Holy Spirit.' According to them these words confer the sacrament of confirmation." But although this statement of the Cardinal has been contested by Lupus, in notis ad Canonem 95. Concilii Trullani, he is not likely to win much support for his opinion since his antagonist is Cardinal Bessarion. Arcudius draws attention to this point when he cites Bessarion's statement and continues: "Bessarion speaks thus and certainly no one could excel him in knowledge of the practices of the eastern church in administering the sacraments" (bk. 2, chap. 7). Goarius shares this opinion (in notis ad Euchologium, p. 302, no. 31). So too does Habert (in suis notis ad Pontificale Graecorum, observ. 4, n. 2). It would be easy to assemble many other testimonies, but it will suffice to state what the Synod of Zamoscia said when treating the sacrament of confirmation: "The form of the sacrament which is recommended by the approved Euchologia which are more ancient than the schism itself, is this: 'The sign of the gift of the Holy Spirit, amen' and this should be said once only while the anointing is conferred."