Wesley Corpus

21, c. 1, 2;) and that it so continued even in the Church of Rome for above one thousand years after. (Consult. Cassandri., art. 22.) And yet with a non obstante to both, they forbid the peoplc to drink of it; and 120 RoMAN CATECHISM, AND REPLY. declare, whoever thinks it necessary to receive in both kinds, is accursed. (Concil. Trid, ibid., can. 1.) Q. 67. For what reason doth the Church of Rome deprive the people of what our Lord is granted to have instituted ? A. For just and weighty causes, (Con. Trid, ibid., c. 2,) such as these: (1.) Lest the blood of Christ should be spilt upon the ground. (2.) Lest the wine, by being kept for the sick, should grow eager. (3.) Because many cannot bear the taste or smell of wine. (4.) Because in many countries there is such a scarcity of wine, as it is not to be had without great charge and tedious journeys. (5.) To disprove those that dehy whole Christ to be contained under each species. (Catech. Rom, ibid., n. 66.) REPLY. These are the “just and weighty causes” for their overruling the plain precept of our Saviour: “Drink ye all of this.” (Matt. xxvi. 27.) And yet whosoever shall say they are not just and sufficient reasons, is accursed. (Concil. Trid, ibid., can. 2.) As if it was sufficient to forbid wine in the sacrament to all, because some few cannot bear the taste or smell of it; and it was a just cause to deprive all countries of it because some have not wine, or cannot obtain it without difficulty Q. 68. What is the mass? A. In the sacrifice of the mass, the same Christ is contained, and unbloodily offered, who bloodily offered himself upon the altar of the cross. (Conc. Trid, Sess. 22, can. 1.) Q. 69. Of what virtue is the sacrifice in the mass? A. It is truly a propitiatory sacrifice, and is available, not only for the sins, punishments, and satisfactions of the living, but also for those of the souls in purgatory. (Ibid.) Q. 70. Is this necessary to be believed? A. Yes; and whosoever denies any of this, is accursed, (Conc. Trid, Sess. 22, can. 1) and incapable of salvation. (Bulla Pii IV.) REPLY.