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The Divine Liturgy of St. James
The Church of Jerusalem · 4th century
The Liturgy of the Church of Jerusalem, handed down under the name of St. James, the brother of the Lord. Many of its prayers live on in the Liturgies of St. Basil and St. John Chrysostom.
Orthodox churches still serve it on St. James's feast in October.
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About this edition
From the Ante-Nicene Fathers, vol. 7 (1886), edited by Alexander Roberts and James Donaldson.
This translation is in the public domain. We took the text from the Christian Classics Ethereal Library and left out the editors’ footnotes.
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