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Date: 24 Sep 89 20:43:29 GMT
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In article  daemon@garage.att.com (Joseph H. Buehler) writes:

>The other thing to keep in mind is that when the accidents are modified
>so that they are no longer those of bread or wine, the Real Presence
>ends.  Our Lord is only substantially present for about 15 minutes after
                                                         ^^^^^^^^^^
>Holy Communion.  After that, there's nothing but whatever acid turns
>bread into.  (This is presumably why water and wine get poured over the
>priest's fingers after Communion, during the ablutions.  They dissolve
>any particles that may be on his fingers.)

I think a technical correction is in order here.  If this is the case,
why are consecrated hosts reserved and adored as the body of Christ?  This
sounds more like a description of Luther's doctrine of Consubstantiation than
of Catholic Transubstantiation.

Yours In Christ,

David Cruz-Uribe, SFO

[I think he's referring to hosts that are eaten.  I'm reasonably sure
that Joe accepts the practice of the reserved sacrament. --clh]