Since the 1970s many scholars started to think that this prayer is in itself a complete anaphora,[2][3][4] even if this assumption has been challenged after the publication of the Barcelona Papyrus.
This text is anyway considered to include the base structure that we can find later in many other famous anaphoras.
The Strasbourg Papyrus starts with a praise the Father for the creation of heaven and earth, the sea and all that is in them, quoting Psalm 146:6 as usual in the Alexandrine anaphoras.
It continues with a reference to Jesus Christ the Saviour, followed by we offer the reasonable (λογικὴν) sacrifice and this bloodless worship (ref.
The second part starts with the simple sentence Sacrifice of incense and offering., and it is followed by an intercession prayer for many different subjects, as the Church, the army, the princes, the souls of those who have fallen asleep, the orthodox fathers and the bishops.