The Testament of Our Lord
I. 27
After this let the prayer be completed, and let the reader then read the Prophets and the rest; let the presbyter or deacon read the Gospel; and then let the bishop or presbyter teach those things which are convenient and profitable. After that let there be a prayer, and let the catechumens receive a laying on of the hand.
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Text. James Cooper and Arthur John Maclean, Edinburgh, 1902. Public domain by age. The Testamentum Domini from the Syriac, recovered from the scan by the word coordinates. This is not the Ge'ez: the Ethiopic version of this work was unpublished when they wrote and has no public-domain English still. Their chapter numbers are the ones printed. Not audited.