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Council in Trullo (692)
Ecumenical councils, NPNF II.14
83. Canon 83
No one may give the Eucharist to the bodies of the dead; for it is written “Take and eat.” But the bodies of the dead can neither “take” nor “eat.”
Notes · Ancient Epitome of Canon LXXXIII
The Sacraments must not be given to a dead body.