Oblation  of  the  Consecrated  Elements.
Prayer  for  the  Descent  of  the  Holy  Ghost.
Prayer  for  the  Transmutation  of  the  Elements.
Prayer  for  the  Uving  and  the  departed.
The  Lord's  Prayer,  preceded  by  a  prayer  of  preparation,  and
followed  by  the  Embolisnius.
Adoration,  with  an  appointed  prayer.
Elevation.
Union  of  the  two  Consecrated  Elements.
Prayer  of  humble  access.
Communion.
Thanksgiving.
Without  going  into  very  great  detail  it  is  impossible  to  show
the  elaborate  character  of  the  ceremonial,  and  of  the  responsive
part  of  the  primitive  Liturgies.  Tliese  details  may  all  be  found
in  the  original  languages,  and  also  in  Dr.  Keale's  translation  of
the  Primitive  Liturgies ;  and  it  is  suffioient  here  to  say,  that  the
early  Christians  appear  to  have  bad  no  thought  of  what  is  called
"  simplicity "  in  Divine  Worship,  their  Litm-gies  exhibiting  a
complicated  structure,  much  ceremony,  and  an  elaborate  sym-
bohsm.  All  of  them  agree  in  the  above  general  characteristics,
but  there  are  variations  in  the  order  of  the  diiferent  parts,  the
chief  of  which  are  represented  iu  the  following  table : —


§  Tahle  showing  the  order  in  which  the  principal  features  of  the  Primitive  Liturgies  occur.
St.  James.
1.  Kiss  of  Peace.
2.  Lift  up  your  hearts.
3.  Tersanctus.
4.  Commemoration  of  In-

stitution.
5.  The  Oblation.
6.  Prayer  for  descent   of

the  Holy  Ghost.
7.  Prayer  for  the  living.
8.  Prayer  for  the  departed.
9.  The  Lord's  Prayer.
10.  Union  of  the  Consecrated

Elements.
11.  Communion.
12.  Thanksgiving.
St.  Marh

St.  Peter.
Si.  John.
1.
Kiss  of  Peace.
2.
Lift  up  yom-  hearts.
7.
Prayer  for  the  living.
2.
Lift  up  your  hearts.
3.
Tersauctus.
8.
Prayer  for  the  departed.
7.
Prayer  for  the  living.
7.
Prayer  for  the  living.
1.
Kiss  of  Peace.
8.
Prayer  for  the  departed.
6.
