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those who were not consecrating or celebrating, the prac
tice of communicating only the specie of bread obtained
from the very beginning of the Church. Although some,
that were not priests, for some time partook of both
species yet, as soon as the Church increased and spread
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over the whole world, she, being guided by the Holy
Ghost, very wisely ordained, that laymen and those not
celebrating Mass should communicate only in the specie
of the sacred body; and that it was to pertain to those
who were celebrating these divine mysteries, to partake
of both species. Such is the secure practice of the Roman
Catholic Church.
114. All having received holy Communion, saint Peter
ended the sacred mysteries by reciting some psalms and
which he and the other Apostles offered up in
prayers,
thanksgiving; for at that time the other rites and cere
monies, which later on were added for the worthy cele
bration of Mass, as well before as after the Consecra
tion and Communion, had not yet been instituted. In our
times the most blessed and wise Roman Church has es
tablished all that is contained in the holy Mass as cele
brated by the priests of the Lord. The Apostles spent
some more time in prayer, and when the day had already
declined toward evening they proceeded to other busi
ness and to partake of the necessary nourishment. Our
great Queen and Lady gave thanks to the Most High
for all of them, and the Lord was pleased with her
thanksgiving, granting the petitions which his Beloved
offered up for the present and the absent in his holy
Church.
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