Anno 1260.

mAquinas yeeldeth three reasons of the insti∣tution of this sacrament vnder a double forme: the first is; For the perfection of it, because sith it is a spi∣rituall meale, or refection, it ought to haue spirituall meat, and spirituall drinke; secondly, for the signifi∣cation of it, for it is a memoriall of the Lords passion, whereby his blood was seuered from his body; and therefore in this sacrament the blood is offered by it selfe; Thirdly for the healthfull effect of it, for the bo∣dy is offered to shew, that it is of force to saue the body; and the blood is offered to shew, that it is of force to saue the soule. The halfe Communion therefore in Aquinas his learning wants perfection, sig∣nificancie, and efficacie. Bonauenture thus inde∣uoreth to cleere the matter: In the sacrament there are two things, efficacy, and significancy; concerning efficacie, neither kinde is of the in∣tegritie Page  126 of the Sacrament, but either is the whole; concerning signification, so the two signes are of the integritie of the Sacrament, or integrall parts of the Sacrament, nbecause the matter of the Sacrament is expressed in nei∣ther kinde by it selfe, but in both together: and a little after; To make it represent perfect redemption, and thereby a perfect refection, the body ought to be signified in the bread, and the soule in the wine, the seate whereof is in the blood.