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To: wideawake

Then why does the priest drink the wine/blood?


36 posted on 05/28/2008 2:45:51 PM PDT by CharlesWayneCT
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To: CharlesWayneCT
Then why does the priest drink the wine/blood?

The chalice is no longer reserved solely to the celebrant of the Mass. The reason it was in the first place was to prevent spillage and profanation.

66 posted on 05/28/2008 5:53:15 PM PDT by wideawake (Why is it that those who call themselves Constitutionalists know the least about the Constitution?)
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