bread and water
object · 2 works · 2 mentions · 2 anchored passages
bread · hidden loaves · stolen water · water
in the texts
Letters
The minimal food and drink prescribed for the ascetic's bodily needs.
And in a word, just as in clothing one ought to put first what is needful, so too in food bread will fill the need, and water will treat the thirst of the healthy man, and whatever side-dishes made from seeds are able to preserve the body's strength for its necessary uses.
Stromata
Bread and water used by certain heretical groups in an offering not according to the Church's rule, cited as symbols of counterfeit ritual.
"And to those wanting in understanding I give command, saying" — says wisdom, meaning, of course, those about the heresies — "Touch with pleasure the hidden loaves and the sweet stolen water.