Testament of Our Lord

tr. Cooper and Maclean, 1902

3. Book II, Chapter 3

Let him who is instructed¹ with all care and heareth the perfectness² of the Gospel, be instructed not less than three years, and if he, loving, strive to be baptized, let him [then] be baptized.

But if he be quiet and meek and earnest, and persevering and abiding with him who teacheth him, with labour, with watching, with confession,³ with subjection, and with prayers, and [if] he desire to be baptized sooner,⁴ let him be baptized. For it is not the time that is considered,⁵ but the will of faith.

Notes

Same word as for “catechumen.”
Or: concord.
Or: giving of thanks.
Lit.: quickly.
Lit.: judged.