At 01:10 PM 8/19/2004 -0700 kerry miller wrote: > >--- JDG <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> At 04:34 PM 8/18/2004 +0000 Alberto Monteiro wrote: >> >JDG wrote: >> >> >> >> Canon 926 of the Code of Canon Law prescribes, “In the Eucharistic >> >> celebration, in accordancewith the ancient tradition of the Latin >> Church, >> >> the priest is to use unleavened bread wherever he celebrates >> Mass.” >> >> >> >No exception? I heard that the RC Church allowed _many_ exceptions >> >to the canon in extreme situations, for example, in the case of a >> bunch >> >of people isolated in an island, where one of them could take priest >> >functions. >> >> To the best of my knowledge, that is not true.... only an ordained >> priest >> is capable of saying Mass in the Catholic Church. > >John, do you know how Catholic law/practice/belief handle the "2 >gathered in my name == church" bit? ...and would it apply in a >situation like this?
The Catholic Church believes that Jesus is spiritually present whenever two or more are gathered in his name. To the best of my knowledge of Catholic teaching, only priests have the power to perform the miracle of transsubstantiaion and bring Jesus into physical presence among us. JDG _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
