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Excerpt from Studies in the English Mystery Plays: A Thesis Presented to the Philosophical Faculty of Yale University In this liturgy of the fourth century we see much more clearly the dramatic character of the service, which may now be roughly divided into two acts. The Eucharist holds as ever the commanding posi tion. The first act is one of preparation the second leads directly to the Eucharist, its fitting climax. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.