Liturgy of St James

We may cite the following from the so-called Liturgy of St James:

The Liturgy of St James was an early form, but each bishopric tended to develop its own.

All of them have been composed following the model of Liturgy of St James.

The Liturgy of St James the Just comprises:

With the Anaphora of the 12 Apostles being the one mostly in use with the Liturgy of St James the Just.

The oldest surviving Christian liturgy, the Liturgy of St James, called him "the brother of God" (Adelphotheos).

It was an elevated platform where the scriptures were read during the Divine Liturgy and is still so arranged for celebrations of the Liturgy of St James.

"Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence", text of the Cherubic hymn of Liturgy of St James, harmonised to the French folk tune Picardy (1906)

The Liturgy of St James the Just is the skeleton of the whole Qurbono Qadisho with all the prayers before the Anaphora being exactly the same no-matter which anaphora used.

As a common characteristic of Eastern Christianity each shares the standard liturgy structure which came from the Liturgy of St James (see The Divine Liturgy of Saint James).

Clement writes that liturgies are "to be celebrated, and not carelessly nor in disorder" but the final uniformity of liturgical services only came later, though the Liturgy of St James is traditionally associated with James the Just.

The original was composed in Greek as a Cherubic Hymn for the Offertory of the Divine Liturgy of St James in the fourth century , with local churches adopting arrangements in Syriac.

The Liturgy of St James is the principal liturgy of the Syriac Orthodox Church, Syrian Catholic Church, Syro-Malankara Catholic Church, Maronite Church, and Malankara Orthodox Church.

In the Byzantine form of the Liturgy of St James, the priest celebrant says: "This do in remembrance of me; for as often as ye eat this bread, and drink this cup, ye do show forth the Lord's death, and confess His resurrection, till He come."

First, informal changes were made to the order of the various parts of the service and inserting words indicating a sacrificial intent to the Eucharist; secondly, as a result of Bishop Rattray's researches into the liturgies of St James and St Clement, published in 1744, the form of the invocation was changed.