Intinction

Intinction is the Eucharistic practice of dipping the consecrated bread, or host, into the consecrated wine before distributing it to the communicant.

Intinction is the established method for distributing communion in the Eastern Orthodox Church; the consecrated bread is placed in the chalice, and the mixture is distributed to the communicant with a small spoon. Intinction is forbidden in the Roman Catholic Church unless specific proceedures are carried out in accordance with Instruction 287 of the General Instruction of the Roman Missal. Self-intinction, the dipping of the host into the chalice by the communicant, is strictly prohibited.

See Also

• Eucharist
• Eastern Orthodox Church
• Roman Catholic Church

External Links

• General Instruction of the Roman Missal