said : He that eateth this bread shall live for ever ; wine, that institution and delivery do not thereby But neither is it rightly gathered, from that discourse obliged, by any divine precept, to receive the sacra- and, finally, he who said : He that eateth my flesh in the Last Supper, instituted and delivered to the apostles of both species was enjoined by the Lord ; for he who for them unto salvation. For although Christ, the Lord, my blood hath everlasting life, also said: The bread and he who said : He that eateth my flesh and drinketh that I will give is my flesh for the life of the world ; live for ever. [Session 21, Chap. 1.] COMMUNION UNDER ONE SPECIES 41 and drinketh my blood, abideth in me and I in him, Laymen and clerics when not consecrating are not however it be understood by the various interpreta- cannot by any means be doubted, without injury to which is contained in the sixth chapter of St. John, said, nevertheless : He that eateth this bread shall signify that all the faithful of the Church are bound, by faith, that communion under either species is sufficient ment of the Eucharist under both species ; and it the institution of the Lord, to receive both species. tions of holy Fathers and Doctors, that the communion drink his blood, you shall not have life in you, also said : Except you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and this venerable sacrament in the species of bread and