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To: NYer

Don't the Maronites use an unleavened host and dip that into the wine and then place it on the tongue of the communicant?


17 posted on 01/24/2006 7:15:45 AM PST by Kolokotronis (Christ is Risen, and you, o death, are annihilated!)
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To: Kolokotronis
Don't the Maronites use an unleavened host and dip that into the wine and then place it on the tongue of the communicant?

Yes and are the only Eastern Church that uses unleavened bread, as far as I know. But, it retains the Eastern approach of intinction and on the tongue.

23 posted on 01/24/2006 8:44:59 AM PST by NYer (Discover the beauty of the Eastern Catholic Churches - freepmail me for more information.)
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