The following is taken from the book of divine litergy
in the time of JOHN CHRYSOSTOM in the 4th century.
I have bolded a couple of interesting details.
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THE ANAPHORA
PRIEST: Let us stand aright; let us stand with fear; let us attend, that we may offer the Holy Oblation in peace.
CHOIR: A mercy of peace, a sacrifice of praise.
PRIEST: The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God the Father, and the communion of the Holy Spirit, be with you all.
CHOIR: And with thy spirit.
PRIEST: Let us lift up our hearts.
CHOIR: We lift them up unto the Lord.
PRIEST: Let us give thanks unto the Lord.
CHOIR: It is meet and right to worship Father, Son and Holy Spirit: the Trinity, one in Essence, and undivided.
(The Priest turns toward the Altar and prays quietly:)
PRIEST: It is meet and right to hymn thee, to bless thee, to praise thee, to give thanks unto thee, and to worship thee in every place of thy dominion: for thou art God ineffable, inconceivable, invisible, incomprehensible, ever existing and eternally the same, thou and thine Only-begotten Son and thy Holy Spirit. Thou it was who didst bring us from non-existence into being, and when we had fallen away didst raise us up again, and didst not cease to do all things until thou hadst brought us back to heaven, and hadst endowed us with thy kingdom which is to come. For all these things we give thanks unto thee, and to thine Only-begotten Son, and thy Holy Spirit; for all things of which we know, and of which we know not, and for all the benefits bestowed upon us, both manifest and unseen. And we give thanks unto thee also for this ministry which thou dost vouchsafe to receive at our hands, even though there stand beside thee thousands of Archangels and ten thousands of Angels, the Cherubim and the Seraphim, six-winged, many eyed, soaring aloft, borne on their pinions,
PRIEST: (aloud) Singing the Triumphal Hymn, shouting, proclaiming, and saying:
CHOIR: Holy, Holy, Holy, Lord of Sabaoth; heaven and earth are full of thy glory; Hosanna in the highest: Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord. Hosanna in the highest.
PRIEST: (quietly With these blessed Powers we also, O Master who lovest mankind, cry aloud and say: Holy art thou and all-holy, thou and thine Only-begotten Son, and thy Holy Spirit: holy art thou and all-holy, and magnificent is thy glory: Who hast so loved thy world as to give thine Only-begotten Son, that all who believe in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life; Who when he had come and had fulfilled all the dispensation for us, in the night in which he was betrayed,-- or rather, gave himself up for the life of the world,--took bread in his holy and pure and blameless hands; and when he had given thanks and blessed it, and hallowed it and broken it, he gave it to his holy Disciples and Apostles, saying:
PRIEST: (Aloud) Take, eat: this is my Body which is broken for you, for the remission of sins.
CHOIR: Amen.
PRIEST: (quietly) Likewise, after supper, he took the cup, saying:
(Aloud) Drink ye all of this: this is my Blood of the New Testament, which is shed for you and for any, for the remission of sins.
CHOIR: Amen.
PRIEST: (quietly) Having in remembrance, therefore, this saving commandment and all those things which have come to pass for us: the Cross, the Grave, the Resurrection on the third day, the Ascension into heaven, the Sitting at the right hand, and the second and glorious Coming:
They believed rightly that the second coming was already past
(The Priest takes up the Diskarion and the Chalice and elevates them over the Antimins; he makes the sign of the Cross with them over the Antimins as he lowers them, saying:)
(Aloud) Thine own of thine own we offer unto thee, in behalf of all, and for all.
CHOIR: We praise thee, we bless thee, we give thanks unto thee, O Lord, and we pray unto thee, O our God.
(The Priest makes a low bow before the Altar, and continues with the Prayer of Consecration)
PRIEST: (Quietly) Again we offer unto thee this reasonable and unbloody service, and beseech thee and pray thee and supplicate thee: send down thy Holy Spirit upon us and upon these Gifts here spread forth:
(The Priest signs the Holy Bread with the sign of the cross, saying quietly:)
And make this bread the precious Body of thy Christ; Amen.
(The Priest makes the sign of the Cross over the Chalice, saying quietly:)
And that which is in this cup, the precious Blood of thy Christ; Amen.
(The Priest makes the sign of the Cross over both the holy Gifts, saying quietly:)
PRIEST: Changing them by thy Holy Spirit; Amen, Amen, Amen.
(The Priest makes a low bow before the Altar and continues the prayer quietly:)
That to those who shall partake thereof they may be unto cleansing of soul, unto the remission of sins, unto the communion of thy Holy Spirit, unto the fulfilment of the kingdom of Heaven, unto boldness toward thee, and not unto judgement nor unto condemnation.
And again we offer unto thee this reasonable service for all those who in faith have gone before us to their rest: Patriarchs, Prophets, Apostles, Preachers, Evangelists, Martyrs, Confessors, Ascetics, and every righteous spirit made perfect in faith:
PRIEST: (Aloud) Especially our all-holy, immaculate, most blessed and glorious Lady Theotokos and ever-virgin Mary:
They were worshipping Mary as a perpetual virgin - Brian
CHOIR: It is truly meet to bless thee, O Theotokos, who art ever blessed and all-blameless, and the mother of our God. More honorable than the Cherubim, and more glorious beyond compare than the Seraphim, thou who without stain barest God the Word, and art truly Theotokos: we magnify thee.
(Meanwhile the Priest continues the prayer quietly)
PRIEST: (quietly) And for the holy Prophet, Forerunner, and Baptist John; the holy glorious, and all-laudable Apsotles; Saint (s) N. (NN.), whose memory we celebrate; and all thy Saints, at whose supplications look down upon us, O God. And be mindful of all those who have fallen asleep before us in the hope of Resurrection unto life eternal; (especially N, NN), and grant them rest, O our God, where the light of thy countenance shines upon them.
they did not realize the resurrection had also already past
interesting - I do not know how they could have separated those
2 events one from another but they did.
Brian |
