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evangel_n 5._o solitary_n mass_n the_o council_n of_o trent_n gregory_n the_o great_a anathematize_n those_o who_o say_v such_o mass_n wherein_o the_o priest_n only_o communicate_v be_v unlawful_a and_o to_o be_v abrogate_a sess._n 22._o can._n 8._o forbid_v the_o priest_n to_o ce_fw-fr ebrate_v alone_a and_o say_v express_o it_o ought_v not_o to_o he_o celebrate_v by_o one_o because_o the_o people_n be_v to_o bear_v their_o share_n greg_n lib._n capital_n c._n 7._o apud_fw-la cassandr_n liturg._n c._n 33._o transubstantiation_n the_o council_n of_o trent_n gregory_n the_o great_a declare_v the_o body_n of_o christ_n to_o be_v in_o the_o eucharist_n under_o the_o species_n of_o bread_n sess._n 13._o cap_n 1._o assert_n the_o body_n of_o christ_n after_o â—is_n resurrection_n to_o be_v palpable_a i._n e._n that_o it_o may_v be_v see_v and_o feel_v where_o it_o be_v and_o that_o he_o prove_v this_o against_o eutychius_n of_o constantinople_n moral_n l._n 14._o c._n 31._o that_o assert_n only_o the_o species_n to_o remain_v after_o consecration_n ib._n c._n 4._o he_o frequent_o declare_v that_o our_o body_n as_o well_o as_o our_o soul_n be_v nourish_v by_o the_o eucharist_n which_o can_v be_v do_v by_o more_o species_n for_o no_o accident_n can_v produce_v a_o substance_n greg._n sacram._n 16._o kal._n mart._n in_o sexage_n hebd_a 3._o in_o quadrag_n fr._n 4._o 7._o communion_n in_o one_o kind_a council_n of_o trent_n gregory_n the_o great_a declare_v against_o the_o necessity_n of_o communion_n in_o both_o kind_n sess._n 13._o cap_n 13._o affirm_v it_o to_o be_v the_o constant_a practice_n for_o the_o people_n to_o receive_v in_o both_o  _fw-fr sacram._n in_o quadrag_n fr._n 3._o 6_o kal._n julii_n add_v compel_v hebd_a 3._o in_o quadr._n sabbato_fw-la miss_v temp._n belli_n sexage_n ad_fw-la complend_n domin_n in_o ramis_n palm_n vi_o non._n julii_n ad_fw-la complend_n viii_o kal._n aug._n ad_fw-la compl._n kalend._n aug._n ad_fw-la compl._n  _fw-fr the_o like_a may_v be_v observe_v in_o gelasius_n his_o sacramentary_a who_o declare_v it_o sacrilege_n to_o do_v otherwise_o as_o appear_v by_o the_o know_a canon_n comperimus_fw-la de_fw-fr consecr_n dist._n 2._o who_o be_v one_o of_o gregory_n predecessor_n and_o not_o long_o before_o he_o 8._o purgatory_n council_n of_o trent_n gregory_n the_o great_a declare_v that_o there_o be_v a_o purgatory_n after_o this_o life_n out_o of_o which_o soul_n may_v be_v help_v by_o the_o prayer_n of_o the_o faithful_a sess._n 25._o affirm_v that_o at_o the_o time_n of_o death_n either_o the_o good_a or_o evil_a spirit_n seize_v upon_o the_o soul_n and_o keep_v it_o with_o it_o for_o ever_o without_o any_o change_n moral_a in_o job_n l._n 8._o c._n 8._o ed._n basil._n c._n 9_o ed_z novae_n that_o in_o the_o day_n of_o death_n the_o just_a go_v to_o joy_n and_o the_o wicked_a with_o the_o apostate_n angel_n be_v