The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1956-08-10

One of the questions frequently by nonCahocs II
this Why Catholics Holy Communion under form
only and not under forms of both bread and wne The answer
simply that the Eucharist the form of bread and
under the form of wine is Our Lord Jesus Christ whole and
entire To receive either boh receive
Our Lord and God Himself Thus is manifest that receiving
under two forms is not necessary
But why found convenient to receive under
form only? For twelve centuries the faithful communicated
under both forms They still in the East There must have
been strong the Church prescribe Communion
form for the laiy of the Latin rite Yes, there were
strong and shall speak of them in moment But
first will be useful recall the teaching of the Council Of
Trent ymen and clerics when not celebran not obliged
by divine precep receive the of the Eucharist
kinds neither can be doubted Communion
under either kind is sufficient unto salvation"
Many nonCathoIcs who acknowledge the divinity of Christ
and the reality of His coming to them in communion do not
believe the actual Christ in the Blessed Sacra
ent Itself They teach that Christ present in
receiving the bread and the wne Catholics the contrary
believe that after conservation in Mass there bread and
wine but only the true Chrs-Body Blood Soul Divinity
appearance bread appearances
of wine Therefore Catholics the eating and drinking
of bread and wine that brings Christ truly present. Christ is
truly present in His objective reality in what to be
bread ut no and what to be wine u is noD
that to receive either both forms to receive the OBJ
jective Christ
At the Supper said "This rs Body"
the bread and Ts Blood" the of wine. Now
the Body of Christ not it is the living Body with its
Blood And the Blood of Christ is eless but is the living
Blood of Chs living Body Tie separate forms of bread and
(sold liquid syboze the separation Lords
Body Blood that is they symbolic His death For whena
Christian maintains that Christ dies in the Eucharist
that dead Christ received in communion Christ rising
from the dead de more The death endured by our
symbolic but acualzed the separate
conservation of bread of wine What actuzed and not
under each of the which
the bread and the separately consecrated is
memorial Lords death chat is calls it to memory but
symbol the living Christ the Mass the
actual offering of that Living Christ Himself
But it is argued Our Lord said (John v So Except you
the flesh of the Son of Man and drink His blood shall
not have life in you We Our Lord also said In the
Chapter of Scripture Gohn 59 He that eaeth this
shall When receive Our Lord in Holy
Communion both His Flesh and drink His Blood That
is, we receive Christ God and Man. whole and entire
While the early Church gave Communion FORMS
for the faithful receive under form
alone ST. Cyprian g century, speaks of Communion given to in
fant under the form of wine alone And both Teruan
tu ST. Basil "a century, explain that early Christians
permitted take the Holy Eucharist under the form of bread
homes to administer Holy Communion themselves
there in the morning before breaking their fast
Perhaps the pressing for the disciplinary law
Church doctrine all is involved for all
Catholics all times acknowledge the complete and entire
presence Christ under either and both fom receiving
under the form of bread only was the Husse heresy which
maintained necessary saUaon that adult Christians
should receive the Blessed Sacrament under both forms Some
times the most effective answer TO heresy the answer OF
action practice Church clear learned and
learned alike her position this question: by prescribing for
the y Communion under the form only And the Church
is the established by Christ to instruct all
nations speak with His voice and authority and to manifest
guarantee that He would be with her all days to the
end of the world.
Long this disciplinary law made Council of
Constance Council 1545564 the custom Of
receiving Holy under the form of bread only
widespread Church This happened for of uef
ness which referred above Such
as by Council of Trent itself the danger
spng cup administering Holy Commun
on difficulty preserving the Blessed Sacrament under
the form of wine; the dislike of drinking from chace
touched by perhaps infected lips hus inducing
distracng unworthy thought the sacred moment of
muncating the difficulty of obtaining wine for thousands Of
communicates.
During World the of "gong the top"
Anglican chaplain said priest chaplain: Il cant do thing
for that cannot well right here:
should 60? used to believe in Communion under two
FORMS see present circumstances
impossible used oppose the idea of ceibats
clergy its present need for have wife
children depending me-"
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