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To: NYer

" Is the consecrated "bread" dipped in the "wine" before it is administered on a spoon? If so, is this not 'intinction'?"

It isn't dipped in the wine as such. It is actually in the chalice. Only a part, the center part, of the leavened prophoros is actually consecrated. That part is called the "Lamb". The Lamb is cut into small chunks (almost like crutons) which the priest puts into the water and wine. That bread and wine combination is then given to the communicants on a golden spoon.


14 posted on 01/24/2006 3:39:45 AM PST by Kolokotronis (Christ is Risen, and you, o death, are annihilated!)
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To: Kolokotronis
That bread and wine combination is then given to the communicants on a golden spoon.

Thank you for making my point. In the Latin Church, the consecrated bread and wine are distributed individually - the two never meet.

16 posted on 01/24/2006 5:53:12 AM PST by NYer (Discover the beauty of the Eastern Catholic Churches - freepmail me for more information.)
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