tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3224817469647399580.post1198199911158273493..comments2023-03-25T02:54:11.553-07:00Comments on Catholic Tradition Resource: Communion in the Hand vs. Communion on the TongueGreghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15021644333265195741noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3224817469647399580.post-21247293736920263032011-06-29T16:51:56.493-07:002011-06-29T16:51:56.493-07:00SIXTH ECUMENICAL COUNCIL, AT CONSTANTINOPLE (680-6...SIXTH ECUMENICAL COUNCIL, AT CONSTANTINOPLE (680-681). Forbade the faithful to take the Sacred Host in their hand, threatening the transgressors with excommunication.<br /><br />ST. THOMAS AQUINAS (1225-1274). "Out of reverence towards this sacrament [the Holy Eucharist], nothing touches it, but what is consecrated; hence the corporal and the chalice are consecrated, and likewise the priest's hands, for touching this sacrament." (Summa Theologica, Pars III, Q. 82, Art. 3, Rep. Obj. 8)<br /><br />COUNCIL OF TRENT (1545-1565). "The fact that only the priest gives Holy Communion with his consecrated hands is an Apostolic Tradition."<br /><br />POPE PAUL VI (1963-1978). "This method [on the tongue] must be retained." (Apostolic Epistle "Memoriale Domini")<br /><br />POPE JOHN PAUL II (1978-2005). "To touch the sacred species and to distribute them with their own hands is a privilege of the ordained. (Dominicae Cenae, sec. 11)<br /><br />"It is not permitted that the faithful should themselves pick up the consecrated bread and the sacred chalice, still less that they should hand them from one to another." (Inaestimabile Donum, April 17, 1980, sec. 9)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3224817469647399580.post-66983284839407953812011-06-29T16:51:11.290-07:002011-06-29T16:51:11.290-07:00ST. BASIL THE GREAT, DOCTOR OF THE CHURCH (330-379...ST. BASIL THE GREAT, DOCTOR OF THE CHURCH (330-379). "The right to receive Holy Communion in the hand is permitted only in time of persecution." St. Basil considered Communion in the hand so irregular that he did not hesitate to consider it a grave fault.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3224817469647399580.post-65417354087118608982011-06-29T16:50:46.349-07:002011-06-29T16:50:46.349-07:00ST. SIXTUS I (115-125). Prohibited the faithful fr...ST. SIXTUS I (115-125). Prohibited the faithful from even touching the Sacred Vessels: "Statutum est ut sacra vasa non ab aliis quam a sacratis Dominoque dicatis contrectentur hominibus..." [It has been decreed that the Sacred Vessels are not to be handled by others than by those consecrated and dedicated to the Lord.]Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3224817469647399580.post-75770524404609742092010-06-04T10:10:34.880-07:002010-06-04T10:10:34.880-07:00I have read through all of the links you have prov...I have read through all of the links you have provided and I must say that they provide compelling arguments for communion in the hand. I was prepared for sentimental discussions but found historical and rational discussions for respecting the sanctity of the Holy Eucharist.<br />Great references!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com