Home›Open Questions›Did the Anaphora of Addai and Mari ever contain an institution narrative that was later lost, or has it never had one?Open QuestionsDid the Anaphora of Addai and Mari ever contain an institution narrative that was later lost, or has it never had one?Citation FormatsGeneral ReferenceGeneral Reference Citation TextDivinity Atlas. "Did the Anaphora of Addai and Mari ever contain an institution narrative that was later lost, or has it never had one?." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://www.divinityatlas.com/open-questions-index/did-the-anaphora-of-addai-and-mari-ever-contain-an-institution-narrative-that-was-later-lost-or-has-it-never-had-one.Copy General ReferenceAPA StyleAPA Style Citation TextDivinity Atlas. (n.d.). Did the Anaphora of Addai and Mari ever contain an institution narrative that was later lost, or has it never had one?. Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://www.divinityatlas.com/open-questions-index/did-the-anaphora-of-addai-and-mari-ever-contain-an-institution-narrative-that-was-later-lost-or-has-it-never-had-oneCopy APA StyleBibTeXBibTeX Citation Text@misc{divinityatlas-did-the-anaphora-of-addai-and-mari-ever, author = {Divinity Atlas}, title = {Did the Anaphora of Addai and Mari ever contain an institution narrative that was later lost, or has it never had one?}, year = {2026}, url = {https://www.divinityatlas.com/open-questions-index/did-the-anaphora-of-addai-and-mari-ever-contain-an-institution-narrative-that-was-later-lost-or-has-it-never-had-one}, note = {Accessed August 30, 2026} }Copy BibTeXOpen QuestionCross-Tradition ConnectionsSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)Open QuestionThe received East Syriac text has no institution narrative, and the Holy See judged eucharists celebrated with it valid in 2001 on the ground that the words are present in the prayer in a dispersed form. Whether the narrative was omitted, was lost in transmission, or was never there is argued from the manuscript tradition and from the structure of the prayer, and this run could not establish which reading holds the field.What would resolve this A study of the earliest East Syriac manuscript witnesses and their variants, set against the structure of the related Syriac anaphoras, together with the responses published by liturgical scholars to the 2001 guidelines.OpenLiturgical history; Syriac manuscript studiesDivinity Atlas Open Questions Register, First EditionCross-Tradition ConnectionsQuestion OnThe Words of Institution, Rituals Well-attested Source Divinity Atlas Open Questions Register, First Editiontier 1SourcesDivinity Atlas Open Questions Register, First Editiontier 1Comments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.View At A Past YearThe atlas records no dated fact of its own for this entry, so there is no other year to choose.Show This Year