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So every natural body has a greater or smaller determinate quantity.
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Thus, from a given volume of gas there can only be extracted an equally determinate quantity of electricity.
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Objection 1: It seems that a determinate quantity of bread and wine is required for the matter of this sacrament.
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Consequently, in this sacrament, which is called "Eucharist," that is, "a good grace," a determinate quantity of the bread and wine is required.
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2: Further, the soul, like any natural form, requires determinate quantity in its matter.
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1: The matter of every natural object has its determinate quantity by comparison with its determinate form.
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They strive after determinate quantities, whilst in War all is undetermined, and the calculation has always to be made with varying quantities.
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(2) Whether a determinate quantity of the same is required for the matter of this sacrament?