Celiac Gluten and the 2017 Vatican Ruling
Where we are on the timeline
After Cleave Yudkin Jenkins Taubes, the modern body meets sacramental law directly. Gluten is no longer only a nutritional debate; for some communicants, it is a medical hazard inside a required sacramental sign.
This chapter separates three claims.
The medical claim is strong: celiac disease is an immune disorder triggered by gluten in genetically susceptible people. The canonical claim is strong: Catholic norms require wheat bread and reject completely gluten-free hosts as valid matter. The metabolic claim is separate: celiac disease is not the same thing as the broader refined-grain argument.
Sections
- A Communicant With Celiac
- Three Gluten Disorders
- Valid Matter And Low Gluten
- What This Does Not Prove
Cross Links
- Wheat With Gluten previewed the valid-matter pressure point.
- Natural Operations Remain explains why sacramental species can still matter bodily.
- Disarming the Reflex will turn this distinction toward practice.