Communion in both kinds

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Communion in both kinds. The custom of receiving Communion under the two species of bread and wine was general until about the 12th cent., though there were a few exceptions. By the 13th cent. in the W. the chalice was restricted to the celebrant. The legitimacy of the practice was denied by the Hussites. The 16th-cent. Reformers also insisted that Communion in both kinds alone had Scriptural warrant, and the practice was adopted in all Protestant Churches, including the C of E. In the RC Church the Council of Trent ruled that the existing practice was justified by the doctrine of concomitance, but since the Second Vatican Council provisions have been made for general reception in both kinds. See also INTINCTION and UTRAQUISM.

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