Assertion: priest's bishop | /r/CapableOf | suspend communion
Facets:
value: sometimes
type: TEMPORAL
value: to the laity
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
Source sentences:
text: This is a practice that dates back to at least before the Middle Ages when the priest would elevate the Host so that people could see it and, the theory went, benefit from seeing the Host, even if they themselves did not commune (which often happened, sometimes the bishops would suspend communion to the laity due to fears about abuse of the Host).