medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture And my question is, when was that 'eventually'? I will be mentioning the Council of Trent in class tomorrow, when, if I recall correctly (have to go back over notes!) communion in both kinds was reinstated. And one student is SURE to ask when receiving bread alone had happened! Meg ________________________________ From: medieval-religion - Scholarly discussions of medieval religious culture [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Andrew Larsen Sent: Thursday, April 08, 2010 9:35 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: [M-R] new priest in 1219 medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture Well, if the letters of St Paul are to be believed, this ritual emerged within the first generation of Christians and was the major activity in worship. So the congregation has always participated in the ritual, although eventually it became standard practice with the Western Church for the laity to receive only the bread. Andrew E. Larsen On Apr 8, 2010, at 7:38 AM, Mariano Paniello wrote: medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture Sorry for the hasty and clumsy writing. I meant of course "when did the Roman Catholic church first allow..." ________________________________ Date: Thu, 8 Apr 2010 08:32:40 -0400 From: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: [M-R] new priest in 1219 To: [log in to unmask] medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture On this note, please allow an ignorant question: when did Roman Catholic first allow congregants to receive the eucharist? Thanks, MP > Date: Tue, 6 Apr 2010 13:45:43 -0400 > From: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: [M-R] new priest in 1219 > To: [log in to unmask] > > medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture > > In the Orthodox church, everything the priest does in connection with > the eucharist is hidden behind the iconostasis, invisible to the > congretation. > Meg ********************************************************************** To join the list, send the message: join medieval-religion YOUR NAME to: [log in to unmask] To send a message to the list, address it to: [log in to unmask] To leave the list, send the message: leave medieval-religion to: [log in to unmask] In order to report problems or to contact the list's owners, write to: [log in to unmask] For further information, visit our web site: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/medieval-religion.html ********************************************************************** To join the list, send the message: join medieval-religion YOUR NAME to: [log in to unmask] To send a message to the list, address it to: [log in to unmask] To leave the list, send the message: leave medieval-religion to: [log in to unmask] In order to report problems or to contact the list's owners, write to: [log in to unmask] For further information, visit our web site: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/medieval-religion.html ********************************************************************** To join the list, send the message: join medieval-religion YOUR NAME to: [log in to unmask] To send a message to the list, address it to: [log in to unmask] To leave the list, send the message: leave medieval-religion to: [log in to unmask] In order to report problems or to contact the list's owners, write to: [log in to unmask] For further information, visit our web site: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/medieval-religion.html ********************************************************************** To join the list, send the message: join medieval-religion YOUR NAME to: [log in to unmask] To send a message to the list, address it to: [log in to unmask] To leave the list, send the message: leave medieval-religion to: [log in to unmask] In order to report problems or to contact the list's owners, write to: [log in to unmask] For further information, visit our web site: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/medieval-religion.html