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| Generating a Third-class Relic | Mack | Sunday, July 10, 2005 |
Question: I know that an object (usually cloth) touched to a first-class relic becomes a third-class relic. I also know that a first-class relic is customarily encased (and sealed) in a theca. When generating a third-class relic, is touching the cloth to the theca sufficient, or must the first-class relic be removed from the theca? If it is desired to generate several third-class relics in the form of snippets of cloth, is it possible to touch a large cloth to the first-class relic and then divide the cloth, or must one reduce the cloth to snippets and apply each snippet individually? If it is permissible to touch the large cloth to the first-class relic and then divide the cloth, must the first-class relic touch a large area, or all, of the cloth? Thank you for satisfying my academic curiosity. |
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| Question Answered by Mr. Jacob Slavek
Dear Mack, I believe that the cloth must actually touch the first-class relic. I've never heard of "generating" relics in the way you describe, I don't particularly like the idea. That's my opinion though. Mr. Slavek Footer Notes: (a) A Eucharistic Minister is clergy (Ordinary Ministers of Holy Communion). Laity are Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion and should never be called Eucharistic Ministers. (b) There is no such Mass called the Novus Ordo. The Current Mass is the Roman Missal of 2000, or the Oridinary Form of the Mass. The Tridentine Mass is the Roman Missal of 1962, or the Extraordinary Form of the Mass. Please refrain from using the term, Novus Ordo. Thanks. (c) The titles of Acolyte and Lector belong exclusively to the Installed Offices of Acolyte and Lector, who are men (only) appointed by the Bishop. These roles performed by others are Altar Servers and Readers, respectively. |
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