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1390 Since Christ is sacramentally present under each of the species, communion under the species of bread alone makes it possible to receive all the fruit of Eucharistic grace. For pastoral reasons this manner of receiving communion has been legitimately established as the most common form in the Latin rite. But "the sign of communion is more complete when given under both kinds, since in that form the sign of the Eucharistic meal appears more clearly." ²²⁵ This is the usual form of receiving communion in the Eastern rites.

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PART TWO: THE CELEBRATION OF THE CHRISTIAN MYSTERY

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CHAPTER ONE: THE SACRAMENTS OF CHRISTIAN INITIATION

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ARTICLE 3: THE SACRAMENT OF THE EUCHARIST

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VI. THE PASCHAL BANQUET

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225 GIRM 240.

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