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Morals
St Basil the Great, tr. Lowther Clarke, 1925
Chapter 21
That participation in the body and blood of Christ is necessary for eternal life.
Jn. vi. 53; 54.
That he who approaches the Communion without consideration of the manner in which participation in the body and blood of Christ is granted is in no way benefited; but he that partakes unworthily is condemned.
Jn. vi. 53; 62; 63 order of clauses inverted **; 1 Cor. xi. 27 add τοῦτον after ἄρτον K, add τοῦτο after ποτήριον*; 28; 29 add ἀναξίως after πίνων K, add τοῦ Κυρίου after σῶμα K.
In what way one must eat the body and drink the blood of the Lord, for a memorial of the Lord’s obedience unto death, in order that they who live may no longer live unto themselves but unto Him Who on their behalf died and was raised from the dead.
Lk. xxii. 19; 20 ὡσαύτως at beginning K, add ἐστίν before ἐν, τῷ... ἐκχυννομένῳ for τὸ... ἐκχυννόμενον**; 1 Cor. xi. 23; 24 add λάβετε φάγετε K and κλώμενον K; 26 add τοῦτο after ποτήριον K; 2 Cor. v. 14; 15; 1 Cor. x. 16 ὁ ἄρτος for τὸν ἄρτον; 17. 4That he who participates in the holy things should sing hymns unto the Lord.
Mt. xxvi. 26 add τόν before ἄρτον K, εὐχαριστήσας for εὐλογήσας K, ἐδίδου for δούς K; 30.