Liturgies Eastern and Western (Hammond)

“From this, that similarity of prayers and rites among the Greek, Eastern, and Western Liturgies original: Liturgias; the formal, established patterns of public worship. shines forth greatly—a similarity which confirms the ancient doctrine of the entire Church original: Ecclesia regarding the Eucharist original: Eucharistia; the Christian sacrament of Holy Communion.. This similarity has suffered no harm from the diversity of languages and the vast distances between regions, or even from the heresies original: haeresibus; beliefs or opinions contrary to orthodox religious doctrine. themselves.”

Renaudot, Volume 2, page 18 original Latin: "Inde elucet magnopere ea, quae antiquam de Eucharistia totius Ecclesiae doctrinam confirmat, orationum rituumque similitudo inter Graecas Orientales Occidentalesque Liturgias, quae ex linguarum diversitate regionumque longinquitate, immo ab ipsis haeresibus, detrimentum nullum accepit." Eusèbe Renaudot (1646–1720) was a renowned French theologian and scholar of Eastern languages whose work on liturgies was a primary source for 19th-century scholars.