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The Anaphora attributed to Antipope Hippolytus
Revised: 22 August, A.D. 2002
There is a great deal of disagreement among scholars as to
the author and origin of the work from which this Anaphora or Eucharistic Prayer
is taken. Until the early twentieth century the source was called
"The Egyptian Chirch Order," and its author considered unknown,
perhaps a much later forgery. The work is in Greek, which was still in use for
the Roman Liturgy of the early third century. Around 1915 several European
scholars claimed to prove that it was the the work of the Antipope Hippolytus,
in Rome at the beginning of the third century, and called the "Apostolic
Tradition." Antipope Hippolytus, or pseudo-Hippolytus, has become a
favorite of the modernist liturgical "reformers" (Eucharistic
Prayer II, and the 1968 Rite of Episcopal Ordination draw heavily from this
source), so some caution is warranted. (Cf. Adrian Fortescue, The
Mass: A Study of the Roman Liturgy (Longmans, Green & Co., 1912;
reprinted Albany NY: Preserving Christian Publications, 1997), 37-38; and
Joseph A. Jungmann, S.J., The Mass of the Roman Rite, (NY:
Benziger,1951), vol. I, 28 ff; and The Catholic
Encyclopedia, Vol. VII, s.v. "Hippolytus.";
and the Ecole Glossary, s.v. "Hippolytus.") The Lord be with you. We give Thee thanks, O God, through Thy beloved Servant, Jesus Christ, Whom Thou hast sent to us at the end of ages as Savior, Redeemer and Messenger of Thy will. He is Thy Word, inseparable from Thee, through Whom Thou hast created all things, and in Whom Thou art well pleased. Thou didst send Him from heaven into the womb of the Virgin, He was conceived incarnate, and was shown forth as Thy Son, being born of the Holy Ghost and the Virgin. He accomplished Thy will and, to acquire a holy people for Thee, He stretched out His hands while He suffered to deliver from suffering those who believe in Thee. Who when He gave Himself up willingly to suffering in order to destroy death, to break the bonds of the devil, to tread hell under His feet, to lead the just to His light, to establish His Covenant, and to manifest His Resurrection, He took bread, and He gave Thee thanks and said: Take, eat, this is My Body which is broken for you. Likewise with the chalice, He said: This is My Blood which is poured out for you. When you do this, do it in memory of Me. We then, remembering Thy death and Thy Resurrection, offer Thee this bread and chalice, we give Thee thanks for having judged us worthy to stand before Thee and to minister before Thee as priests. And we beg Thee to send Thine Holy Ghost upon the offering of Thine holy Church, to gather and unite all those who partake of these holies, that they may be filled with the Holy Ghost who confirms their faith in the truth. So that we may be able to praise and glorify Thee through Thy Servant Jesus Christ. Through Him, glory be unto Thee, and honor: to the Father, and to the Son, with the Holy Ghost, in Thine holy Church, both now and for ages of ages. Amen.
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