PART II
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Hippolytus, Antipope and Easton, Burton Scott
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I anoint thee with holy oil in the Lord, the Father Almighty and Christ Jesus and [the] Holy Ghost.
³And signing them on the forehead he shall say:
The Lord be with thee;
and he who is signed shall say:
And with thy spirit.
⁴And so he shall do to each one.
⁵And immediately thereafter they shall join in prayer with all the people, but they shall not pray with the faithful until all these things are completed. ⁶And at the close of their prayer they shall give the kiss of peace.
23. ¹And then the offering is immediately brought by the deacons to the bishop, and by thanksgiving he shall make the bread into an image[119] of the body of Christ, and the cup of wine mixed with water according to the likeness[120] of the blood, which is shed for all who believe in him. ²And milk and honey mixed together for the fulfilment of the promise to the fathers, which spoke of a land flowing with milk and honey; namely, Christ’s flesh which he gave, by which they who believe are nourished like babes, he making sweet the bitter things of the heart by the gentleness of his word. ³And the water into an offering in a token of the laver, in order that the inner part of man, which is a living soul, may receive the same as the body.
⁴The bishop shall explain the reason of all these things to those who partake. ⁵And when he breaks the bread and distributes the fragments he shall say:
The heavenly bread in Christ Jesus.
⁶And the recipient shall say, Amen.
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⁷And the presbyters—or if there are not enough presbyters, the deacons—shall hold the cups, and shall stand by with reverence and modesty; first he who holds the water, then the milk, thirdly the wine. ⁸And the recipients shall taste of each three times, he who gives the cup saying:
In God the Father Almighty;
and the recipient shall say, Amen. ⁹Then:
In the Lord Jesus Christ;
[and he shall say, Amen. ¹⁰Then:
In][121] [the] Holy Ghost and the holy church;
and he shall say, Amen. ¹¹So it shall be done to each.
¹²And when these things are completed, let each one hasten to do good works, SAHand to please God and to live aright, devoting himself to the church, practising the things he has learned, advancing in the service of God.
¹³Now we have briefly delivered to you these things concerning the holy baptism and the holy oblation, for you have already been instructed concerning the resurrection of the flesh and all other things as taught in Scripture.¹⁴Yet if there is any other thing that ought to be told [to converts], let the bishop impart it to them privately after their baptism; let not unbelievers know it, until they are baptized: this is the white stone of which John said: “There is upon it a new name written, which no one knoweth but he that receiveth the stone”.
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