Testament of Our Lord

tr. Cooper and Maclean, 1902

10. Book II, Chapter 10

Thenceforward let them pray together with all the people. Let the oblation be offered by the deacon. And so let the shepherd give thanks. But the bread is offered for a type of My body. Let the cup be mixed with wine,—mixed with wine and water, for it is a sign¹ of blood and of the laver; so that also the inner man, that is to say, that which is of the soul,² may be counted worthy of those things which are like [them],³ that is to say, those things of the body also. And let all the people, according to what hath been said before, receive with Amen of the Eucharist⁴ which is offered. Let the deacons hover over [them],⁵ as hath before been said.

Let him who giveth [the sacrament] say: The Body of Jesus Christ, the Holy Ghost, for the healing of soul and body. And let him who receiveth say: Amen.

He who spilleth⁶ of the cup gathereth up judgment to himself. Similarly also he who seeth and is silent and doth not reprove him, whoever he may be. Let those who take the Offering be exhorted by the priests to be careful to do good works, to love strangers,⁷ to labour in fasting, and in every good work to engage⁸ in servitude. And let them be taught also about the resurrection of the body⁹; before any one receiveth baptism let no one know the¹⁰ word about the resurrection, for this is the new decree, which hath a new name that none knoweth but he who receiveth [it].

The deacon doth not give the Offering to a presbyter. Let him open the disc¹¹ or paten,¹² and let the presbyter receive.

Let the deacon give [the Eucharist] to the people in their hands.¹³ Let the deacon, when the presbyter is not present, of necessity baptize.

Notes

Or: shewing forth.
The Greek seems to have been ψυχικός, not πνευματικός.
I.e. the antitypes.
εὐχαριστία transliterated.
Or: wave [fans?].
Lit.: poureth forth.
Heb. xiii. 2.
Lit.: serve; or: cultivate; not same root as “servitude.”
Lit.: bodies.
Or: a. Cf. Rev. ii. 17.
πίναξ transliterated.
KPPTA, an unusual word.
Lit.: in his hand (“people” being masculine and singular). Or: with his [the deacon’s] hand. But this hardly makes sense.