The Holy Canons Trullo Canon 28
Canon 28 Grapes blessed apart, not given with the Eucharist
Κανόνες τῆς ἐν Τρούλλῳ Ἁγίας καὶ Οἰκουμενικῆς Πενθέκτης Συνόδου
The Council in Trullo · Constantinople, 691 to 692 · convened by the emperor Justinian II · The Quinisext Council (Trullo, 692) on the map
Since we have learned that in various churches, grapes being brought to the altar according to a certain custom that has prevailed, the ministers, joining them to the bloodless sacrifice of the offering, thus distribute both together to the people; we have seen fit that none of those in holy orders do this any longer, but that they impart to the people the offering alone, for quickening and remission of sins; and that, reckoning the bringing of the grapes as firstfruits, the priests, blessing them separately, impart of them to those who ask, for thanksgiving to the Giver of the fruits, through which our bodies, according to the divine ordinance, grow and are nourished. If, therefore, any cleric should act contrary to what has been ordained, let him be deposed.
Ἐπειδὴ ἐν διαφόροις ἐκκλησίαις μεμαθήκαμεν, σταφυλῆς ἐν τῷ θυσιαστηρίῳ προσφερομένης κατά τι κρατῆσαν ἔθος, τοὺς λειτουργοὺς ταύτην τῇ ἀναιμάκτῳ τῆς προσφορᾶς θυσίᾳ συνάπτοντας, οὕτως ἅμα τῷ λαῷ διανέμειν ἀμφότερα, συνείδομεν, ὥστε μηκέτι τοῦτό τινα τῶν ἱερωμένων ποιεῖν, ἀλλ᾿ εἰς ζωοποίησιν, καὶ ἁμαρτιῶν ἄφεσιν, τῷ λαῷ τῆς προσφορᾶς μόνης μεταδιδόναι· ὡς ἀπαρχὴν δὲ τὴν τῆς σταφυλῆς λογιζομένους προσένεξιν, ἰδικῶς τοὺς ἱερεῖς εὐλογοῦντας, τοῖς αἰτοῦσι ταύτης μεταδιδόναι, πρὸς τὴν τοῦ δοτῆρος τῶν καρπῶν εὐχαριστίαν, δι᾿ ὧν τὰ σώματα ἡμῶν, κατὰ τὸν θεῖον ὅρον, αὔξει τε καὶ ἐκτρέφεται. Εἴ τις οὖν κληρικὸς παρὰ τὰ διατεταγμένα ποιήσοι, καθαιρείσθω.
The Council in Trullo, the canons
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