Mysterium Fidei: 'The Salmanticenses' Response To De Lugo On The Form Of Consecration Of The Wine. Is the Mysterium Fidei necessary for the consecration of the Blood of Christ in Mass? Introduction Off …More
Mysterium Fidei: 'The Salmanticenses' Response To De Lugo On The Form Of Consecration Of The Wine.
Is the Mysterium Fidei necessary for the consecration of the Blood of Christ in Mass?
Introduction
Off and on during the seven centuries that have elapsed since the death of St. Thomas, a quite legitimate theological controversy has been waged, with many and various theologians and scholars(both the famous and the not-so-famous) from time to time espousing one side or the other. Themooted question has been and is: for a valid consecration of the wine during mass do the merewords, "THIS IS MY BLOOD", suffice as the sacramental form? Or are the additional words of theform, which are used by the Western Church (equivalent words being used, by the way, in the Eastern rites), namely, "OF THE NEW AND ETERNAL TESTAMENT...(ETC.)...FOR YOU ANDFOR MANY UNTO THE REMISSION OF SINS," also required for validity? (Those who are ableto read Latin may wish to consult De Eucharistia, by Immanuel Doronzo, …More
Is the Mysterium Fidei necessary for the consecration of the Blood of Christ in Mass?
Introduction
Off and on during the seven centuries that have elapsed since the death of St. Thomas, a quite legitimate theological controversy has been waged, with many and various theologians and scholars(both the famous and the not-so-famous) from time to time espousing one side or the other. Themooted question has been and is: for a valid consecration of the wine during mass do the merewords, "THIS IS MY BLOOD", suffice as the sacramental form? Or are the additional words of theform, which are used by the Western Church (equivalent words being used, by the way, in the Eastern rites), namely, "OF THE NEW AND ETERNAL TESTAMENT...(ETC.)...FOR YOU ANDFOR MANY UNTO THE REMISSION OF SINS," also required for validity? (Those who are ableto read Latin may wish to consult De Eucharistia, by Immanuel Doronzo, …More