Abstemii (Catholic Encyclopedia article)
Joseph Gignac · 1913
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An abstemius cannot take wine without risking vomiting. Since Mass consecration requires both species, bread and wine, such a person is consequently irregular. St. Alphonsus, following Francisco Suarez, teaches that this irregularity is of divine law, so no papal dispensation covers it. The term also covers one with a strong distaste for wine who can still take a little.
That distaste alone is not irregularity, but a papal dispensation is needed to excuse wine at the chalice purification and finger ablutions. A decree of Propaganda from 13 January 1665 granted such a dispensation to missionaries in China, where wine was scarce. Heretics also imposed wine abstention at times, and Tatian's Encratites used water even in the sacrament.
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| CREATOR | Joseph Gignac |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 1913 |
| COLLECTION | REFERENCE |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 3 KB |
| LICENSE | PUBLIC_DOMAIN |
| RIGHTS | PUBLIC DOMAIN |
| SOURCE | New Advent — Catholic Encyclopedia (1913) |