25 March 2013

Lentorama 2013: There's a Name for That

Day 35: intinction

This is the practice of giving communion of bread and wine by dipping the bread into the wine. Not surprisingly, if you're Catholic you can only take communion this way by mouth. Can't have the blood of Christ on your hands. You also can't do the dunking yourself, while that's OK in some Protestant branches. This is apparently always an option when both bread and wine are available, though I've never seen it done. 

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