Ante-Nicene Fathers — Vol. 06 — CCEL UTF-8 text — Canon XV.
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Work: Ante-Nicene Fathers — Volume 6
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Ante-Nicene Fathers Vol. 6
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No one shall find fault with us for observing the fourth day of the week, and the preparation, [2341] on which it is reasonably enjoined us to fast according to the tradition. [2342] On the fourth day, indeed, because on it the Jews took counsel for the betrayal of the Lord; and on the sixth, because on it He himself suffered for us. But the Lord's day we celebrate as a day of joy, because on it He rose again, on which day we have received it for a custom not even to bow the knee. Balsamon. Conformably to the sixty-fourth Apostolical canon, which decrees that we are not to fast on the …
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