# Didache 9.5

- Author: Anonymous
- Work: [Didache](https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/didache/) (*Doctrina duodecim apostolorum*)
- Date: ca. 50–150 (often ca. 100) (disputed)
- Source: Lake, LCL 24:322; Kirsopp Lake, ed. and trans., The Apostolic Fathers, vol. 1, LCL 24 (London: Heinemann; New York: Macmillan, 1912), 308–333 (Greek text: K. Lake, The Apostolic Fathers (LCL, 1912-1913), digitized by the First Thousand Years of Greek project (Open Greek and Latin), CC BY-SA 4.0)
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26
- Canonical URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/didache/9/5/

Summary: Only the baptized may share in the Eucharist.

## Greek text

μηδεὶς δὲ φαγέτω μηδὲ πιέτω ἀπὸ τῆς εὐχαριστίας ὑμῶν, ἀλλʼ οἱ βαπτισθέντες εἰς ὄνομα κυρίου· καὶ γὰρ περὶ τούτου εἴρηκεν ὁ κύριος· Μὴ δῶτε τὸ ἄγιον τοῖς κυσί.

## English translation (Claude)

Let no one eat or drink from your Eucharist except those who have been baptized in the name of the Lord; for concerning this also the Lord has said, “Do not give what is holy to the dogs.”

## Scripture references

- Matt 7:6: quotation, high confidence

## Citation (SBL)

Did. 9.5 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/didache/9/5/).