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St Basil the Great, tr. Lowther Clarke, 1925

310. Rule 310: Should the Offering Be Made in an Ordinary House?

Since the Scripture allows no common vessel to be taken into the holy place, so it does not allow the holy things to be celebrated in a common house, for the Old Testament by God’s command plainly allows no such thing to be done. But when the Lord says: “One greater than the temple is here”’²; and the apostle says: ‘“What, have ye not houses to eat and to drink in? What shall I say to you? Shall I praise you in this? I praise you not mm this. For I delivered unto you that which I also received ete.³ By which we are taught not to eat and drink a common supper in Church nor to insult the Lord’s Supper by celebrating it in a private house, except when in an emergency some one has chosen a pure place or house on a suitable occasion.

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