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They received only from the chalice. This is still receiving Christ, because of course, we are not cannibals and do not consume dead body parts. We receive the whole Christ, as He is, and living: Body, Blood, Soul, and Divinity.

BTW, James, I was thinking of what we were talking about earlier --- is faith really trust? --- as I was reading about John Henry Newman (not an exact quote, but my paraphrase): Truth is not an encounter between a concept and a brain. It is an encounter between a whole person and a whole person.

7 posted on 09/18/2010 1:38:59 PM PDT by Mrs. Don-o ( "To the hard of hearing you shout, and for the almost blind you draw large and startling figures.")

Thanks, Mrs. Don-o. Isn’t the work-around still contingent upon the realisation that the person receiving the host suffers from the condition? Was the wheat association known for a long time? (Late 1800s, I recall reading somewhere, though.)

About the earlier discussion, I still owe you a reply. The Newman quote deserves a lot of thinking about. I’ll get to both, one of these days.