The Lord shows the bread
The Lord, in divinity and in humanity, without confusion and without division, confirming the divine nature and the human nature by the divine signs and by the human sufferings, about to come to the voluntary, celebrated, and life-giving death on our behalf, took bread in his holy and undefiled hands, showed it to you, God and Father, and having given thanks, blessed, and sanctified it, gave it to his holy disciples.
Greek
Κύριος θεότητι καὶ ἀνθρωπότητι, ἀφύρτως καὶ ἀδιαιρέτως τὴν θείαν καὶ τὴν ἀνθρωπίνην πιστούμενος φύσιν τοῖς θεοσημείοις καὶ τοῖς πάθεσι τοῖς ἀνθρωπίνοις, μέλλων ἔρχεσθαι ἐπὶ τὸν ἑκούσιον καὶ ἀοίδιμον καὶ ζωοποιὸν τὸν ὑπὲρ ἡμῶν θάνατον, λαβὼν ἄρτον ἐπὶ τῶν ἁγίων αὐτοῦ καὶ ἀχράντων χειρῶν καὶ ἀναδείξας σοι τῷ Θεῷ καὶ Πατρί, εὐχαριστήσας, εὐλογήσας, ἁγιάσας ἔδωκε τοῖς μαθηταῖς αὐτοῦ τοῖς ἁγίοις
About this text
A 4th-century bishop's thanksgiving prayer over bread and wine, showing how early Christians worshipped.
Catalogue & scope
Khazarzar scan
Witnesses
- Copy-text PG 41–43 (Khazarzar) (Greek)
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