Chapter 22: Article XXII: Of Both Kinds in the Sacrament
Section 1. To the laity are given Both Kinds in the Sacrament of the Lord's Supper, because this usage has the commandment of the Lord: Drink ye all of it, Matt. 26:27, where Christ has manifestly commanded concerning the cup that all should drink. And lest any man should craftily gloss over these words and say that they relate only to priests, Paul in 1 Cor. 11:27 recites the use of Both Kinds as belonging to the whole Church: Whosoever shall eat this bread and drink this cup of the Lord unworthily, shall be guilty of the Body and Blood of the Lord. By these words it appears that the cup belongs also to the laity. For Paul speaks to the whole Church at Corinth when he says: Whosoever shall eat this bread and drink this cup of the Lord unworthily, he among those that eat and drink, who is guilty of the Body and Blood of the Lord. Also, long after, Gelasius, the Roman Bishop, commands that the Sacrament be not divided, Pope Gelasius, Dist. 2, De Consecrat. c. Comperimus. Only custom, not so ancient, has it otherwise. But it is evident that, where there is a custom introduced against the commandments of God, such custom is to be abandoned, as the Canons witness, Dist. 8, c. Veritate, and c. Consuetudo. But this custom has been received, not only against the Scripture, but also against the old Canons and the example of the Church. Therefore, if any preferred to use both kinds of the Sacrament, they were not to be compelled to do otherwise. And forasmuch as the division of the Sacrament does not agree with the institution of Christ, we are accustomed to omit the procession, which hitherto has been in use.