as old as the oldest MSS. of the Bible. While they vary
in arrangement and phraseology, yet the leading and essential {173}

TABLE SHOWING THE DESCENT OF PRINCIPAL LITURGIES
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OUR LORD'S WORDS OF INSTITUTION
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APOSTOLIC NUCLEUS OF A LITURGY
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Liturgy of St. James, Liturgy of St. Mark, Liturgy of Liturgy of St. John,
Antioch, or Jerusalem or Alexandria St. Peter, St. Paul, or Ephesus
| | or Rome |
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| | Present Liturgy | Liturgy of Lyons
Liturgy of Syriac of Egypt | |
St. Basil Liturgy of | ---------------------
| St. James | | | |
Liturgy of | | Mozarabic Liturgy Liturgy
St. Chrysostom Monophysite | or Spanish of Britain of Tours
| Liturgies | Liturgy | |
Present Liturgy -------------- -------------
of Oriental or | | |
Russian Church Ambrosian Sacramentary Augustine's Revised
Liturgy of St. Leo Liturgy of Britain
| | |
Present Sacramentary Salisbury, York and
Liturgy of St. Gelasius other English Liturgies
of Milan | |
Sacramentary Present Liturgy of the
of St. Gregory Church of England