this whole picture the religious components stood out clearly in contrast to all others and have their own history of development—a development with far-reaching effects. To understand the character of the piety of the Byzantine age we have only to submit ourselves to the effect of any prayer or office of this later period. Compare simply the series of Communion prayers attached to any Byzantine liturgy with the corresponding prayers of a Greek liturgy of the 4th century. We find there a moving expression
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