well some of the sugars making up the wafer would surely contribute to the composition of the biofilm coating a child's teeth which would eventually (assuming proper dental hygiene) get brushed away and become part of the fluoride goo that gets spat down a bathroom drain
Anyway the thing is while in theory, sure, God can transubstantiate anything, the Catholics are the ones who are the most sticklers about what you can and can't use for the Eucharist in practice
-
-
There's a whole thing about how they won't accommodate celiacs because when Jesus said bread he meant bread made of wheat and if it doesn't have wheat flour in it then it's not "bread" for this purpose Similarly the wine has to be made of grapes ("the fruit of the vine")
-
When extreme teetotalism became an identity thing for US Protestants they started using grape juice In fact Dr. Welch of Welch's Grape Juice invented pasteurized grape juice for this purpose, as a loophole (it's the same as wine but we killed the yeast in it)
- Show replies
New conversation -
Loading seems to be taking a while.
Twitter may be over capacity or experiencing a momentary hiccup. Try again or visit Twitter Status for more information.