Communion in Both Kinds
Bread alone, or bread and cup? A question that helped spark reform
This concerns whether the laity receive both the consecrated bread and the cup at Communion, or the bread alone. Paul speaks of both in 1 Corinthians 11. The East has always given both kinds, while the medieval West restricted the cup to the clergy—a grievance of the Hussites and later Protestants. The Second Vatican Council restored optional lay communion in both kinds in the Roman Catholic Church. The traditions thus differ historically.
How it traveled
- Treatise on the Sacraments (qq[60]-90)Paris · 1274explains
- Book Fourth. of the Holy Catholic ChurchGeneva · 1564applies
Key passages(10)
Book Fourth. of the Holy Catholic Church · John Calvin
Treatise on the Sacraments (qq[60]-90) · Thomas Aquinas
Book Fourth. of the Holy Catholic Church · John Calvin
Book Fourth. of the Holy Catholic Church · John Calvin
The Prescription Against Heretics. · Anti-marcion
Treatise on the Sacraments (qq[60]-90) · Thomas Aquinas
Treatise on the Sacraments (qq[60]-90) · Thomas Aquinas
Book Fourth. of the Holy Catholic Church · John Calvin
Treatise on the Sacraments (qq[60]-90) · Thomas Aquinas
Misrepresentations Corrected and Truth Vindicated, in Reply to the Rev. Solomon Williams · Jonathan Edwards