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Apocrypha · Chapter 9 of 16

Didache 9

Doctrine of the Apostles

Concerning the Eucharist, give thanks thus. First, concerning the cup:

2We give thanks to Thee, our Father, for the holy vine of David Thy servant, which Thou didst make known to us through Jesus Thy Servant. To Thee be glory forever.

3And concerning the broken bread: We give thanks to Thee, our Father, for the life and knowledge which Thou didst make known to us through Jesus Thy Servant. To Thee be glory forever.

4As this broken bread was scattered over the hills, and having been gathered together became one, so may Thy Church be gathered together from the ends of the earth into Thy kingdom.

5For Thine is the glory and the power through Jesus Christ forever.

6But let no one eat or drink of your Eucharist except those baptized in the name of the Lord; for concerning this also the Lord said: 'Do not give what is holy to dogs.'

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A handbook of the Christian community from the end of the 1st century: the two ways, how to baptise, how to pray, how to celebrate the eucharist and how to spot a prophet who is in it for himself.