Article — 1917 Code of Canon Law

Article II: Of the Rites and Ceremonies of the Mass

Superseded as law in 1983 — read why this Code still matters. Each canon links to its 1983 counterpart.

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Can. 814.

The most sacred sacrifice of the Mass must be offered from bread and wine, with which a very small quantity of water is to be mixed.

1983 Code correlation: can. 924

Cited by 10 passages

Can. 815.

§ 1. The bread must be purely wheaten and recently made, so that there is no danger of corruption.

§ 2. The wine must be natural, from the fruit of the vine, and not corrupted.

1983 Code correlation: can. 924

Cited by 12 passages

Can. 816.

In the celebration of Mass, a priest, according to his own rite, must use unleavened or leavened bread wherever he offers the Holy Sacrifice.

1983 Code correlation: can. 926

Cited by 13 passages

Can. 817.

It is a grave wrong, even when extreme necessity urges, to consecrate one matter without the other, or even both outside the celebration of Mass.

1983 Code correlation: can. 927

Cited by 9 passages

Can. 818.

Any contrary custom being reprobated, the celebrating priest is to observe accurately and devoutly the rubrics of his ritual books, and to beware lest he add other ceremonies or prayers by his own judgment.

1983 Code correlation: can. 846

Cited by 13 passages

Can. 819.

The sacrifice of the Mass is to be celebrated in the liturgical language of each person's rite approved by the Church.

1983 Code correlation: can. 928

Cited by 10 passages