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To: sinkspur
Two paragraphs down Redemptionis Sacramentum repeatedly refers to wine, which would indicate fermentation and alcohol. The stage of fermentation is not specified, but pasteurized grape juice wouldn't do. The wine may be of low alcohol content, but it should still be wine.

That also ignores what I was commenting on in post 17 where you said:
The Church could also make an exception, since the matter for the Eucharist is Church law.
Please excuse me if I misunderstood you, but in the context I read it, that sounds a lot like saying the rice wafer could be used instead if only the Church wanted to.
Would you care to clarify what you were actually trying to say?
241 posted on 08/12/2004 3:19:54 PM PDT by Flying Circus
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To: Flying Circus
From Ratzinger's 1994 letter:

Nevertheless, the permission to use mustum can be granted by Ordinaries to priests affected by alcoholism or other conditions which prevent the ingestion of even the smallest quantity of alcohol, after the presentation of a medical certificate.

C. By mustum is understood fresh juice from grapes, or juice preserved by suspending its fermentation (by means of freezing of other methods which do not alter its nature).

Rice could be used, if it were not consecrated and intincted in consecrated wine or mustum.

242 posted on 08/12/2004 3:26:11 PM PDT by sinkspur ("Who is the father of the Sons of Zebedee"?--Cardinal Fanfani)
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