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Superseded as law in 1983 — read why this Code still matters.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.
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.
Sacrosanctum Missae sacrificium offerri debet ex pane et vino, cui modicissima aqua miscenda est.
1983 Code correlation: can. 924
The Holy EucharistCited by 10 passages
§ 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.
§ 1. Panis debet esse mere triticeus et recenter confectus ita ut nullum sit periculum corruptionis.
§ 2. Vinum debet esse naturale de genimine vitis et non corruptum.
1983 Code correlation: can. 924
The Holy EucharistCited by 12 passages
In the celebration of Mass, a priest, according to his own rite, must use unleavened or leavened bread wherever he offers the Holy Sacrifice.
In Missae celebratione sacerdos, secundum proprium ritum, debet panem azymum vel fermentatum adhibere ubicunque Sacrum litet.
1983 Code correlation: can. 926
The Holy EucharistCited by 13 passages
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.
Nefas est, urgente etiam extrema necessitate, alteram materiam sine altera aut etiam utramque, extra Missae celebrationem, consecrare.
1983 Code correlation: can. 927
The Holy EucharistCited by 9 passages
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.
Reprobata quavis contraria consuetudine, sacerdos celebrans accurate ac devote servet rubricas suorum ritualium librorum, caveatque ne alias caeremonias aut preces proprio arbitrio adiungat.
1983 Code correlation: can. 846
The Holy EucharistCited by 13 passages
The sacrifice of the Mass is to be celebrated in the liturgical language of each person's rite approved by the Church.
Missae sacrificium celebrandum est lingua liturgica sui cuiusque ritus ab Ecclesia probati.
1983 Code correlation: can. 928
The Holy EucharistCited by 10 passages