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St Hippolytus of Rome, tr. Horner, 1904; from the Ethiopic

Statute 44: Concerning that It is Seemly to Receive of the Eucharist Early at the Time…

All believers shall accept the admonition that they should receive of the Mystery before that they taste anything. And if he who receives has faith, then if one gave to him deadly poison it shall not hurt him.