Talk:How Long are Christ’s Body and Blood Present in the Consecrated Bread and the Wine of Communion?

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in the original German text of the 1577 Solid Declaration:[5]

Therefore we shall define the time or the sacramental action in this way: that it starts with the beginning of the [Words of Institution] and lasts until all have communicated, have emptied the chalice, have consumed the Hosts, until the people have been dismissed and [the priest] has left the altar. In this way we shall be safe and free from the scruples and scandals of such endless questions. Dr. Philip [Melanchthon] defines the sacramental action in relation to what is outside it, that is, against reservation of and processions with the Sacrament; he does not split it up within [the action] itself, nor does he define it in such a way that it contradicts itself. Therefore see to it that if anything is left over of the Sacrament, either some communicants or the priest himself and his assistant receive it, so that it is not only a curate or someone else who drinks what is left over in the chalice, but that he gives it to the others who were also participants in the Body [of Christ], so that you do not appear to divide the Sacrament by a bad example or to treat the sacramental action irreverently. This is my opinion, and I know that it is also Philip’s opinion.[6]


In the above quoted portion, Luther addresses consuming remaining consecreated Hosts and what remains in the chalice. What about what is left in the flagon? This also was consecrated. (I am assuming that wine was consecrated in more than just chalices.) Can we assume that this also was consumed?

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