Vatican outlaws gluten-free bread for Holy Communion

[FrDavid96]

I didn’t say I didn’t accept it; I’m trying to understand it.

It comes down to this: the question of “what is an essential quality of bread as the concept of bread existed in that context?”

The Last Supper was still a ritual Jewish meal; even though there were 2 possibilities depending on if one is reading John or the Synoptic Gospels.

In either setting, the substance used at that meal had to be wheaten bread. No other substance would have been an acceptable substitute. It might have been leavened; or it might not.

Having some gluten is an essential quality. In a similar way, “being baked” is an essential quality.

Other qualities don’t matter–such as how flexible the bread might be, or the exact color of the finished product.

Entirely removing the gluten from the bread means that it can no longer be considered bread as the people of the bible (old and new Testaments) would have understood it. To them, it would have been something entirely foreign.

Just as we cannot add something which would make it no longer bread as they understood it—such as eggs or milk or honey, neither can we remove anything essential. And the presence of gluten is simply an essential quality.

 

[otjm]

The Lord used actual ‘unleavened bread’ to become His body, blood, soul and divinity, He didn’t say “I’m using unleavened bread, but feel free to use whatever you want” and if we follow this line of thinking, hey, why not have a piece of beef jerky instead? why not use some lasagna, mud cake or a packet of chips?

I hope this has helped

God Bless

Thank you for reading
Josh

And the Eastern rites, in union with the Church, used leavened bread…