Testament of Our Lord

tr. Cooper and Maclean, 1902

20. Book II, Chapter 20

Let the bishop command that they proclaim¹ that no one taste anything until the Offering is completed. And the whole body of the Church shall receive a new food. Then in the evening² let those who are to be³ baptized be baptized, after one lection.

But if any one before he approacheth and receiveth of the Eucharist⁴ eat something else, he sinneth and his fast is not reckoned to him.

When the catechumens are dismissed, let a hand be laid on them.

If a faithful because of sickness remain [away], let the deacon carry the Offering to him.

If any one be a presbyter who cannot come, let a presbyter carry [it] to him.

Similarly if a woman be pregnant [and] sick, and cannot fast these two days, let her fast that one day, taking on the first [day] bread and water. And if she cannot come, let a deaconess carry [the Offering] to her.

Notes

Or: preach.
Lit.: from the evening.
Lit.: being.
εὐχαριστία transliterated.