{"collection":"chr","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/chr/ecf/214/2140229.htm","path":"chr/ecf/214/2140229.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/chr/ecf/214/2140229.htm","text":"The Oblation must not be made by bishops or presbyters in any private houses.\nAncient Epitome of Canon LVIII.\nNeither a bishop nor a presbyter shall make the offering in private houses.\nBy \u201cthe oblation\u201d here is intended the oblation of the unbloody sacrifice according to the mind of the Greek interpreters. Zonaras says: \u201cThe faithful can pray to God and be intent upon their prayers everywhere, whether in the house, in the field, or in any place they possess: but to offer or perform the oblation must by no means be done except in a church and at an altar.\u201d","title":"Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, Ser. II, Vol. XIV: The Canons of the Councils of Ancyra, Gangra, Neoc\u00e6sarea, Antioch and Laodicea, which Canons were Accepted and Received by the Ecumenical Synods.: Canon LVIII","type":"page"}