K\ivas rhp avx^va Xeyei'l to Kvpiov koX ^aioiroihv, rh aw- bpovov ao\ TO) 06(^ KoL rioTpi, KOI TO) fxovoyiViL aov tlie, t!) ffv/jL^aaiXevov, rh o/lwov- ai6v T6 KoX avvaiZwv. The 6ixoov<nov, as well as the Nicene Creed in the preceding part of the Liturgy of St. James, indicates clearly a post-Niceuc origin. § 97. THE CELEBRATION OF THE EUCHAEIf/f. 515 room qf Thy holy and glorious Zion on the day of Pentecost: Send down, O Lord, the same Holy Ghost upon us and upon these holy gifts here pres- ent, that with His holy and good and glorious presence He may sanctify this bread and make it the holy body of Thy Christ. * People: Amen. Priest : And this cup the dear blood of Thy Christ. People: Amen. Priest (in a low voice) : That they may avail to those who receive them, for the forgiveness of sins and for eternal life, for the sanctification of S'>ul and body, for the bringing forth of good works, for the strengthen- ing of Thy holy Catholic church which Thou hast built upon the rock of faith, that the gates of hell may not prevail against her ; delivering her from all error and all scandal, and from the ungodly, and preserving her unto the consummation of all things." After the act of consecration come the intercessions, some- times very long, for the church, for all classes, for the living, and for the dead from righteous Abel to Marv, the apostles, the martyrs, and the saints in Paradise ; and finally the Lord's Prayer. To the several intercessions, and the Lord's Prayer, the people or the choir responds Amen. "With this closes the act of eucharistic sacrifice. Now follows the communion, or the participation of the consecrated elements. It is introduced with the words : " Holy things for holy persons,"' and the Kyrie eleison, or (as in the Clementine liturgy) the Gloria in Excelsis : " Glory be to God on high, peace on earth, and good will to men.' Hosanna to the Son of David ! Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord : God is the Lord, and he hath appeared among us." The bishop and the clergy communicate first, and then the people. The formula of distribution in the Clementine liturgy is simply : " The body of Christ ; " " The blood of Clirist, the cup of life," ^ to which the receiver answers ''^Am£nP In other liturgies it is longer." ' "Xva. . . . o7ia<rjj koX -KOiriar] rhv jxev dpToy tuvtov craiua 07101' rod XptcTTov aov. ^ To 07(0 Tois ayiois, Sancta Sanctis. It is a warning to the unworthy not to approach the table of the Lord. ' According to the usual reading eV av^pw-rrois evSoKia. But the older and better attested reading is evSoKtas, which alters the sense and makes the angelic hymn bimembris: "Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace among men of His