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Ethiopian Orthodox Broader Canon

OF WIDOWS Let a widow be appointed,® being chosen, if for a long time past she have abided without a husband ; if though often pressed by men! to be married? because of the faith she have not been married.2 But if not, it is not yet right that she should be chosen; but let her be proved for a time, if she be pious, if having? children she have brought them up * in holiness, if she have not taught them worldly wisdom, if she have made them examples of the holy law and of the Church, if she have loved and honoured strangers, if she have been constant in prayers if she have lived meekly, if she have cheerfully aided those who are afflicted? if it have been re- vealed to the saints about her, if she have not neglected the saints, if she have ministered? with all her power, if she be fit to bear and endure the burden, being one who prayeth without ceasing,’ being perfect in all things, being fervent in spirit,’ having the eyes of her heart opened in everything, being alway kind, loving innocency, not possessing anything in this world, but alway taking and bearing about the cross, crucify- ing™ all evil, by night and by day’ abiding by the altar, working cheerfully and secretly. If she have one or two or three likeminded * in my Name, I am among them.“ But let her be perfect in the Lord, as one who is visited by the Spirit. Let her do the things which are made known to her with fear and earnestness. Let her instruct those women who do not obey ; let her teach those * [women] who have not learnt; let her convert those who are foolish; let her instruct them to be grave %; Jet her prove the deaconesses; let her make those who enter!” to know of what sort and who they are; also let her instruct them that they abide. To those who hear’® let her patiently counsel those things which are proper. To those who are disobedient after three instructions let her not speak. Let her love those who desire to be in virginity or in purity; those who oppose themselves let her correct modestly and quietly. With every one let her be peaceful. Let her privately shut the mouth of + those who talk much and idly; but if they do not hear, let her take with her an aged woman, or let her take [it] up to the hearing of the bishop. But in the church let her be silent.2. In prayer let her be persistent. Let her visit those [women] who are sick ; on each first day of the week let her take with her one deacon or two and help them? If she have any possession * let her give® it for the poor® and the faithful.? But if she have nothing, let her be helped by thé Church. Let her do no secular work, as it were for a trial. But let her have these works of the Spirit; let her continue in prayers and fasts; let her ask for nothing deep; let her receive those things which the Lord giveth ; let her not be anxious for [her] children °; let her deliver them to the Church, so that they living in the house of God may be fit for the service of the priesthood Her requests to God will be acceptable; they are the sacrifice and altar of God. For those ® who have ministered well shall be praised? by the archangels. But as for them who are dissolute and raging and drunken, and babblers and curious and evil, that is, those who love pleasures much, the figures of their souls, which stand before the Father of light, perish and are carried to darkness to dwell. or their deeds which are visible, going up before the most High, drag them easily ™ to the pit, so that after this world is changed and passeth away the figures of their souls may stand against them as witnesses, not allowing them to look up. For the figure and type of every soul standeth before God from the foundation of the world.” Therefore let her be chosen who can go to meet the holy phials. Of them # are the twelve presbyters who praise My Father who is in heaven. These who receive the prayers of every holy soul, offer [them] to the most High [as] a sweet savour.

Testament of Our Lord, Book I 40:1

Testament of Our Lord, Book I 41:1

Let the appointment! be thus. As she prayeth at the entrance of the altar? and looketh down, let the bishop say quietly, so that the priests may hear, thus: PRAYER OF THE INSTITUTION? OF WIDOWS WHO SIT IN FRONT O God, the Holy One, the Most High, who seest the [things]* that are humble,> who hast chosen the weak ® and the mighty ;® the Honoured One who hast created? also ® those [things] which are despised ; give, O Lord, the spirit of power to® this Thine handmaid, and strengthen her with Thy truth, so that doing Thy commandment and serving *° in the house of Thy sanctuary, she may be an honoured vessel " unto Thee, and may glorify !? [Thee] in the day 3 when Thou wilt glorify * Thy poor, O Lord. And* grant to her power cheerfully to accom- plish Thy teachings which Thou hast determined for a rule for Thine handmaid. Grant to her, O Lord, the spirit of meek- ness and of power and of patience and of kindness, so that, bearing with ineffable joy Thy burden, she may endure labours. Yea, O Lord God, who knowest our weakness, perfect Thine handmaid for the praise * of Thine house; strengthen her for edification and a good example,’ sanctify [her], make [her] wise; comfort [her] O God; for blessed and glorious” is Thy kingdom, O God the Father. And to Thee [be] praise, and to Thine Only-begotten Son, our Lord Jesus Christ, and to the® Holy Ghost [who is] good and adorable and the Maker of life,” and of equal essence with Thee,” now and before all the worlds and for the ages and for ever and ever.! The people: Amen.

Testament of Our Lord, Book I 41:1

Testament of Our Lord, Book I 42:1

After she is [appointed] thus,? let her not be anxious about anything, but let her remain solitary and having leisure for supplications of piety. For the foundation of holiness and life for a widow such as this is solitude For she hath loved none other but the God of gods, the Father which is in heaven. But at fixed* times let her give praise by herself, in the night [and] at dawn. If she be menstruous let her abide 5 in the temple and not approach the altar, not that she is as it were polluted, but that the altar® may have honour. After- wards, when she fasteth and batheth, let her be assiduous [at the altar]. In the days of Pentecost, let her not fast. In the feast of Pascha, let her give of those things which she hath to the poor, and let her bathe, and so let her pray. But when she giveth thanks or praise, if she have friends’ like-minded virgins, it is well that they pray with her for the sake of the Amen. But if not, [let her pray] alone by herself, both in the church and in the house, especially at midnight. The times in which she should give praise are: Saturday,® the first day of the week, either Pascha or Epiphany or Pentecost.° At other time[s] let her give thanks meekly with psalms, with hymns of praise, with meditations; and thus let her labour. For the Most High will sanctify them™ and will forgive all [their] sins, those which were before written ™ against * them, and their error; My Father, the Heavenly One, shall strengthen them and enlighten their faces as the faces 1 of My sanctuaries ;! they shall shine? in My glory in the day of recompense.

Testament of Our Lord, Book I 42:1

Testament of Our Lord, Book I 43:1

Let her hymns of praise be said thus quietly : NIGHT HYMN OF PRAISE OF WIDOWS Holy, holy, without spot, who hast Thy dwelling in the light, God of Abraham, and of Isaac, and of Jacob, God of Enoch and David, of Elijah, of Elisha, of Moses, of Joshua, and of the prophets and of the others who in truth preached Thy Name, God of the Apostles, the God who hast guided all things by Thy reason ° and hast blest them who lovingly trust in Thee; my soul praiseth Thee * with the power of the spirit of my power, my heart praiseth Thee, O Lord, and Thy might, alway. Let all my power praise Thee, O Lord, for if Thou wilt, J am Thine, O God, the God of the poor; for Thou art the Helper of them that lack, and Thou art He that looketh on the meek, and the Assister of the weak; assist me, O Lord, because by Thy grace® Thou wast well pleased in me that I should be Thine handmaid, for Thou hast bestowed upon me a great name, that I should be called a Christian. Thou who hast freed me from servitude that I may serve a servitude to God, the Mighty One who [art] for ever, who seest all, that I may praise Thee uncondemned. Yea, O Lord God, confirm my heart in Thee until it is perfected in the Holy Ghost. Rejuvenate us for the edification of Thy holy Church, Son and Word and Thought of the Father, the Christ who camest for the salvation of the race of man,®° who didst suffer and wast buried, and didst rise, [and] also wast glorified by Him who sent Thee, turn, help, O Lord, set upright our thoughts 7 by the strong faith of the Spirit. Glorify Thy Name in us. 1 Or: holy things. 2 Or: appear. 3 B.: reasonings. 4B. omits this clause (blank space left). 5 Or: in thy lovingkindness (so throughout). For in Thy Father and in Thee and in the Holy Ghost is our hope for ever and ever. With those who are with her let her say: Amen. But let her say the hymn of praise at dawn thus: HYMNS OF PRAISE AT DAWN OF WIDOWS WHO SIT IN FRONT O Eternal God, Guide of our souls, Maker of light, Treasure of life, who restest! in the praises and prayers of the holy ones, Lover of compassion? merciful, kind, King of all, and God, our Lord, my spirit praiseth [Thee], sending [up] to Thee the unceasing voices of Thine handmaid, O Lord, who beseecheth Thee that Thou mayest perfect in Thine handmaid the spirit of reason and of piety and of right know- ledge. I praise Thee, O Lord, who didst take away from our poverty all disturbance and confusion (?), wrath and all con- tention and evil habit, who didst prepare [and] change the feelings of my understanding that I might serve Thee only, O God; who hast adorned Thy holy Church with various ministries, who drivest away from Thine handmaid all doubt- fulness, fear, weakness ; and holdest the thoughts of those who rightly serve Thee ; I praise Thee, O God, who hast enlight- ened me with the light of Thy knowledge, through Thine Only-begotten Son, our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom [be] praise and might to Thee for ever and ever. Amen? And with those who are with her let her say: Amen.

Testament of Our Lord, Book I 43:1

Testament of Our Lord, Book I 44:1

OF SUBDEACONS 4 Similarly let a subdeacon be appointed ® who is chaste,* the bishop praying over him. Let the bishop say over him on the first day of the week, in the hearing of all the people, thus: 1 Te. delightest. 2 didédeos translated. 3B. omits: Amen. 4 §rrodtdxovos transliterated. 5 Same word as before. 6 Or: modest. Thou, O N., minister and hear the Gospel in the fear of God. Cultivate? holily the knowledge of thy soul; keep pure- ness ; discipline thyself; observe and obey and hear meekly ; neglect not prayers and? fasts, so that the Lord may give thee rest and make thee worthy of a higher degree.® And let all the priests say: So be it, so be it, so be it.

Testament of Our Lord, Book I 44:1

Testament of Our Lord, Book I 45:1

OF THE READER A reader is instituted + [who is | pure, quiet, meek,’ wise, with much experience, learned and of much learning, with a good memory,® vigilant, so that he may deserve a higher degree? First let the book be given him in the sight of the people, on the first day of the week. Buta hand is not laid on him. But he heareth from the bishop [the following]: Thou, O N., whom Christ hath called to be a minister’? of His words, be careful, and strive that thou mayest appear approved ® both in this rule and in a higher degree, even by our Lord Jesus Christ; so that He in His everlasting habita- tions may pay thee a good reward for these things. And let the priests say: So be it, so be it, so be it.

Testament of Our Lord, Book I 45:1

Testament of Our Lord, Book I 46:1

OF MALE AND FEMALE VIRGINS !° A male or female virgin is not instituted" or appointed 2 by man,” but is voluntarily separated and named [a virgin]. ‘Or: work out; or: serve (M.: serving, etc.). 2B. omits: and. 3 Or: office. Same word asin 1 Tim. iii. 13. But a hand is not laid on him, as for virginity. For this division! is of [their] own free will. But it is right for virgins? that they be fixed and bound in the suffering of a sound body, that they be constant in fasts and in prayers, in weeping and in mourning daily ; but® that they alway expect a departure from the flesh, and strive as at* the departure. Let them not serve® raging or debauchery or drunkenness or vain talking, or [be engaged] in worldly work or in distrac- tion,’ but they are as one who is on’ the cross; let their hearts be [lifted] up, with all meekness of thought and comeli- ness, with meditation on the Holy Scriptures, with faithful thoughts’ with kind consolations, so that when they pray they may be answered ® concerning those things which they ask for the faithful who wish to provide for them. Let them not despise 1° [these things (?)], so that through them also a portion of life may be divided to those® Let them be confirmed in love and kindness and in true and _ perfect grace.# Let them be constant in consolation,» consoling their neighbours, catechising '* and teaching those who have lately been made faithful, in! understanding and in knowledge and in kindness, inciting * those who are very young, being ex- amples ! of holiness among them in all good things. Similarly also let the females do. But in order and in grace and in knowledge let them speak and work,” that they may truly be the salt of the earth?! as it is called. But”* let females *8 who are virgins have their heads covered in the church, and let them hide only their hair; but let them be counted worthy of honour from every one, in order that the rest [of the women] who desire, may emulate them.

Testament of Our Lord, Book I 46:1

Testament of Our Lord, Book I 47:1

OF A GIFT If any one appear in the people to have a gift of healing or of knowledge or of tongues,? a hand is not laid on him, for the work is manifest. But let them have honour. The First Book of Clement is ended. 1§, omits this chapter. 21 Cor. xii. 1-10.

Testament of Our Lord, Book II 1:1

OF LAYMEN THUS: Let those who first come‘ to hear the Word, before they enter among® all the people, first come* to teachers® at home,’ and let them be examined as to all the cause® [of their coming] with all accuracy, so that their teachers may know for what they have come, or with what will, And if they have come with a good will and love, let them be dili- gently taught. But let those who bring them be such as are well on in years, faithful who are known by the Church; and let them bear witness about them, if they are able to hear [the word]. Also let their life and conversation be asked about: if they be not contentious, if quiet, if meek, not speaking vain things® or despisers or foul speakers,!° or buffoons or leaders astray," or ridicule mongers. Also if 1 Stc, singular. Perhaps error (plural points omitted). » rdés transliterated (so constantly). any of them have a wife or not; and if of his own free will* he have not [a wife], let him? be instructed* carefully and diligently and persuaded with all kindness to amend his failings. And let the bishop provide for him in the Lord with prophetical instructions which lead him to purity; and if he maketh progress, also with apostolic doctrines® and then with Gospel [doctrines] and with the perfect word of doctrine; and if he be worthy, let him be baptized. And if thus he be worthy of the hidden things, let him hear [them] by himself, and also make progress in that which is hidden. Let there be no obstacle at all to him who desireth to marry, so that he be not caught by the Evil One with fornica- tion. But let him marry a Christian, a faithful [woman] of the race of the Christians, who is able to keep her husband in the faith; at the bidding of the bishop, he thus providing for him. And also let him who cometh’ be asked if he be a slave or free®; and if the slave of one who is faithful, and if also his master permit him, let him hear. But if his master be not faith- ful and do not permit him, let him be persuaded to permit him. And if [his master] say ® truly about him that he! wisheth ! to become a Christian because he hateth his masters, let him be cast out. But if no cause be shewn of hatred of servitude, but [if] he [really] wish to be a Christian, let him hear. But if his master be faithful and do not bear witness to him, let him be cast out. Similarly if [a woman] be the wife of a man,” let the woman be taught to please her husband in the fear of God. But if both of them desire to serve *® purity in piety, they have “ a reward. Let him who is unmarried! not commit fornication, but let him marry in the law. But if he desire to persevere thus, let him abide? in the Lord. If any one be tormented with a devil, let him not hear the Word from a teacher until he be cleansed. For the intelligence, when consumed? with a material spirit, doth not receive the immaterial* and holy Word. But if he be cleansed, let him be instructed in the Word.

Testament of Our Lord, Book II 1:1

Testament of Our Lord, Book II 2:1

If a fornicatress,> or brothel keeper,® or a drunkard, or a maker of idols,’ or a painter, or one engaged in shows,§ or a charioteer,? or a wrestler,’ or one who goeth to the contest," or a combatant [in the games], or one who teacheth wrestling,” or a public huntsman," or a priest of idols, or a keeper of them, be [among those that come], let him not be received. If any such desire to become faithful, let him cease ® from these [things]; and being in deed faithful, and being baptized,’ let him be received and let him partake. And if he do not cease,> let him be rejected. If any one be a teacher of boys in worldly wisdom, it is well if he cease.5 But if he have no other craft” by which to live, let him be excused.18 If any one be a soldier or in authority, let him be taught not to oppress or to kill or to rob, or to be angry or to rage and afflict any one. But let those rations? suffice him which are given to him. But if they wish to be baptized in the Lord, let them cease? from military service® or from the [post of] authority, and if not let them not be received. Let a catechumen or a believer of the people, if he desire to be a soldier, either cease from his intention,‘ or if not let him be rejected. For he hath despised God by his thought, and leaving the things of the Spirit, he hath perfected himself in the flesh, and hath treated the faith with contempt. If a fornicatress or a dissolute man or a drunkard do not ® [these things], and desire, believing, to become catechumens,’ they may [be admitted]. And if they make progress, let them be baptized ; but if not let them be rejected. If a concubine of a man®& be a servant, and desire to be faithful, if she educate those who are born [of her] and she separate from her master, or be joined’?® to him alone in marriage, let her hear; and being baptized let her partake in the Offering, but if not let her be rejected. He who doeth things which may not be spoken of,” or a diviner or a magician ® or a necromancer, these are defiled and do not come to judgment. Let a charmer,’ or an astrologer, or an interpreter of dreams, or a sorcerer, or one who gathereth together the people, or a star-gazer, or a diviner by idols, either cease,? and when he ceaseth let him be exorcised and baptized ; or if not let him be rejected. If a man® have a concubine, let him divorce her and marry in the law and hear the word of instruction.1” 1 Allusion to St. Luke iii, 14; but the word is not the same as in the Pshitta.

Testament of Our Lord, Book II 2:1

Testament of Our Lord, Book II 4:1

Let those who are instructed, after the teacher ceaseth, pray apart from the faithful and go out, so that the faithful may learn,’ when the presbyter or deacon readeth the New [Testament] or Gospels.® Let the faithful women stand in the church by themselves and the female catechumens by themselves apart from the faithful [women]. But all the [women] apart from the men; the girls also apart, each according to her order. The men on the right and the women on the left; the faithful virgins ! first, and the [women] who are being instructed to virginity behind them. After the prayer let the female catechumens give the Peace to one another; also men" to men; also women to women. Let every woman ™ cover her head with her hair also. Let the women becomingly and decorously show their modesty in their adornment, and let them not be adorned with plaited hair ® or with [precious] stones, lest the young men who are in the church be caught, but with modesty and knowledge. But 1 Same word as for ‘‘catechumen.” 2 Or: concord. if not, let them be instructed by the widows who sit in front. But if they rebelliously resist, let the bishop reprove them.

Testament of Our Lord, Book II 4:1

Testament of Our Lord, Book II 5:1

After the catechumens pray, let the bishop or presbyter, laying on them a hand, say the prayer of the laying on of the hand of catechumens : PRAYER OF CATECHUMENS O God, who dost send thunderings and preparest lightnings , who hast founded the heaven and established! the earth, and enlightenest the faithful and convertest them that err; who hast quickened those who were dead and hast given hope to those who [were] without hope, and hast freed the universe from error by the coming down of Thy Only-begotten Son Jesus Christ ; hear us, O Lord,? and give to these souls intelli- gence, perfectness, undoubting faith, knowledge of the truth, that they may be in a degree higher than this, through the holy Name of Thee and of Thy beloved Son Jesus, our Lord, through whom [be] praise and might to Thee with the Holy Ghost, both now and alway and for ever and ever. Amen. After this let them be dismissed. If any one, being a catechumen, be apprehended for My Name and be judged with tortures, and hasten and press forward to receive the laver, let not the shepherd hesitate, but let him give [it] to him. But if he suffer violence and be killed, not having received the laver, let him not be anxious.. For, having been baptized in his own blood, [he is] justified*

Testament of Our Lord, Book II 5:1

Testament of Our Lord, Book II 6:1

But if they are severally chosen to receive‘ the laver, let them be proved and investigated first,> how they have lived while catechumens,’ if they have honoured widows, if they have visited the sick, if they have walked ? in all meekness and love,” if they were earnest in good works. But let them be borne witness to by those who bring them. And when they hear the Gospel, let a hand be laid on them daily. Let them be exorcised from that day when they are chosen. And let them be baptized in the days of Pascha. And when the days approach, let the bishop exorcise each one of them separately by himself, so that he may be persuaded that he is pure. For if there be one that is not pure, or in whom is an unclean spirit, let him be reproved * by that unclean ® spirit. If then any one is found under any such imagination,® let him be removed from the midst [of them], and let him be reproved and reproached that he hath not heard the word of the commandments and of instruction faithfully, because the evil and strange spirit abided in him. Let those who are about to receive the laver be taught on the fifth day of the last week only, to wash and bathe’ their heads. But if any woman then ® be in the customary flux, let her also take in addition another day, washing and bathing beforehand.® Let them fast both [on] the Friday and [on] the Saturday.

Testament of Our Lord, Book II 6:1

Testament of Our Lord, Book II 7:1

On the Saturday let the bishop assemble them who receive the laver, and let him bid them to kneel while the deacon proclaimeth.° And when there is silence let him exorcise [them], laying a hand on them, and saying: EXORCISM BEFORE THE LAVER O God of heaven, God of the lights," God of the arch- 1 Or: being instructed. 2 Eph. v. 2. 8 Tit. ii, 14, 4 Or: he will be convicted. 5 B, omits : unclean. § Or: suspicion. 7 Or: cleanse. 8M. omits: then. 9 “Washing ” and ‘‘laver ” have the same root. 10 Not same word as ‘‘admonish ” on pp. 70, 99. Of. St. Jas. i, 17. angels who are under Thy power, God of the angels who are under Thy might, King of glories and of dominions,’ God of saints, Father of our Lord Jesus Christ ;* who hast loosed the souls that were bound by‘ death; who hast enlightened him that was bound in darkness and fixed firm, by the firm-fixing ® of the suffering of Thy Only-begotten ; who hast loosed our cords and hast loosed every weight from [off] us; who hast repelled from us every attack® of the Evil One; O Son and Word of God, who hast made us immortal by Thy death ; who hast glorified us with Thy glory; who hast loosed all the bands of our sins by Thy passion; who hast borne the curse of our sins by Thy cross, and by Thy resurrection hast taught [mankind] to pass from [being] sons of men to become gods; who hast taken on Thee our humiliation’; who hast trodden the way to heaven for us; who hast changed us from corrup- tion to incorruptibility §; hear me, O Lord, who cry to Thee in pain and fear,O Lord God, and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,? before Him before whom stand the holy hosts of archangels and of cherubim and armies without number, of princes and of seraphim ; whose veil [is] the light, and before whose face ™ [is] fire; the throne of whose glory is ineffable ; the habitations of whose delights, which Thou hast prepared for Thy saints, are ineffable, the raiments and treasures of which are visible to Thee alone and to Thy holy angels; before whom all things tremble, giving praise!?; whose glance measureth the mountains, and whose Name, when uttered, cleaveth the depths; whom the heavens which are shut up by Thy hand, hide from view ; before whom the earth and the depths together tremble; before whom the sea and 1Col. i. 16. 2 Not Rev. xv. 3 (Syr. as R.V.). 3 Rom. xv. 6. *Or: unto. 5 Simply inserted for paronomasia. Perhaps with reference to the nails; same root as in II. 24, below. the dragons that [are] in it quake; of whom the wild beasts? trembling, stand in awe; through whom the mountains and the firmament? of the earth melt with fear; at whose power the tempest of the winter quaketh and trembleth, and the raging whirlwind keepeth its limits; because of whom the fire of vengeance doth not overpass that which hath been prescribed to it, but abideth when reproved by Thy command- ment; because of whom the whole creation travaileth, groaning ° with groans, being bidden to tarry till its time; from whom all nature and creation that opposeth itself fleeth; because of whom the whole army of the adversary is subdued, and the Devil is fallen, and the serpent is trodden down, and ,the dragon is killed; because of whom the nations which have confessed Thee are enlightened‘ and strengthened in Thee, O Lord; because of whom life is revealed and hope confirmed, and faith strengthened and the Gospel® preached; because of whom corruption is brought to naught and incorruptibility waxeth strong; through whom man °® was fashioned from the earth, but having believed in Thee he is no longer” earth; O Lord God Almighty, I exorcise these in the Name of Thee and of Thy beloved Son Jesus Christ. Drive away from the souls of these Thy servants every disease and illness, and every stumbling block and all un- belief, all doubt and all contempt,’ every unclean spirit that worketh,? that is a witch, that killeth, that is under the earth, that is fiery, dark, evil-smelling, given to witchcraft, lascivious, loving gold, uplifted, money loving, wrathful. Yea, O Lord God,!? overthrow from these Thy servants who have been named in Thee the weapons of the Devil, all magic, witchcraft, fear of idols, divination, astrology,” necro- mancy, observation of the stars, astronomy,” pleasure of the passions, love of disgraceful things, sadness, love of money, drunkenness, fornication, adultery, lasciviousness, contumacy, contentiousness, wrath, confusion, wickedness, evil suspicion.' Yea, O Lord God, hear me, and breathe on these Thy servants the spirit of tranquillity, that, being guarded by Thee, they may bring forth in Thee fruits of faith, of virtue, of wisdom, of purity, of self-discipline? of patience, of hope, of concord, of modesty,’ of praise. For by® Thee they have been called as servants, in the Name of Jesus Christ, being baptized in the Trinity, in the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost, the angels, glories, dominions, all the heavenly army being witnesses. O Lord, the real-essence® of our life and theirs, guard their hearts, O God, for Thou art mighty and glorious’ for ever and ever. And let all the people, also the priests, say: Amen, So be it, so be it, so be it. If any one be in the endurance of any thing, rise suddenly while the bishop is saying [these words], and weep or cry out, or foam [at the mouth] or gnash with his teeth, or stare’ or be much uplifted or altogether run away, being quickly carried off, let such an one be put aside® by the deacons, so that there be no disturbance while the bishop is speaking, and let such an one be exorcised by the priests until he be cleansed, and so let him be baptized. After the priest exorciseth those who have drawn near, or him who is found unclean, let the priest breathe on them and seal them between their eyes,!° on the nose, on the heart, on the ears; and so let him raise them up.

Testament of Our Lord, Book II 7:1