JDG wrote: > 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 by saying that his knowledge is 30 years out of date, but then said 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. >
I talked to Father Patrick at the hospital about this back when the discussion was current. His explanation echos the info John gives exactly, and that is the way I recall things as well. xponent Dominos Vobiscum Maru rob _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
