At 08:02 PM 8/24/2004 +0000 Robert J. Chassell wrote:
>I just talked with a former Dominican priest who prefaced his remarks
>by saying that his knowledge is 30 years out of date, but then said
>
>  * because of transubstantiation, the wine is the blood and 
>    the bread is the flesh
>
>  * but you may perform the sacrament with
>        either the wine
>        or     the blood
>        or     both

I'm not sure if you misunderstood your Dominican friend, or if you simply
mistyped, but the former of the above is incorrect.   The host is both
fully the body and the blood of Christ.   Likewise, the wine is both fully
the body and the blood of Christ.

JDG

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