[neb52]

"“In our parish, we do not receive bread and wine during Communion. We receive the Body and Blood of the true Christ.” No kidding! And here all along I thought Latin Rite azymites didn’t believe that! /s More seriously, is “intinction” in the otherwise Western style Anglican use a hold over from the Anglican liturgy?" Oddly enough our parish does not do Intinction, but the other Anglican Use parish that I have been to in San Antonio does. I have often wandered, these passed few days, why we don't do the same. But then we also do the Rite II as our primary liturgy compared to Our Lady of Atonement doing Rite I.

I have read postings of some traditionalist that we should not be accepting the Blood of Christ from the Chalice, but if we do receive the Blood of Christ then it should be via Intinction. I don't know why that is and have been trying to find out.

[B-Chan]

Actually, Fr. Hawkins does offer intinction at some masses.

[Kolokotronis]

“I have read postings of some traditionalist that we should not be accepting the Blood of Christ from the Chalice, but if we do receive the Blood of Christ then it should be via Intinction. I don’t know why that is and have been trying to find out.”

It may have to do with touching the chalice. In Orthodoxy, the laity cannot touch the chalice and if I recall correctly, that was the rule in the Latin Church prior to Vatican II.

When we Orthodox receive communion, it is from a golden spoon, the priest having mingled the consecrated “Lamb” with the Blood . Because the Latin Church uses azymes, there really isn’t any way to effectively “commingle” the Body and Blood and thus the intinction.