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As, therefore, the consecration at Mass must be effected in both species, of bread and wine, an abstemius is consequently irregular.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 1: Aachen-Assize 1840-1916 1913
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Christ has founded the essence of the Eucharist on the two species, held that an abstemius does not receive the Sacrament, because it consists of two parts, and he receives only one.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 1: Aachen-Assize 1840-1916 1913
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An abstemius is one who cannot take wine without risk of vomiting.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 1: Aachen-Assize 1840-1916 1913
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[177: 1] "Si forte in medio positorum abstemius herbis
The plant-lore & garden-craft of Shakespeare Henry Nicholson Ellacombe 1868
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