Machine translation of the 1948–1954 Italian original. The original text is authoritative.
ACQUARIANI. - Heretics who appeared in the 2nd century, who substituted water for wine in the celebration of the Eucharist. This practice was common among the Ebionites and the followers of Marcion and Tatian. Few Catholics adhered to II. Clement of Alexandria (Strom., I, 19) and St. Cyprian (Epist., LXIII) rose up against this abuse.
The A. in the 4th century aligned themselves with the Manichaeans, who con-
(prop. B. Degenhart) ACQUAFORTE - Passage by Adriaen van Ostade (18th cent.).(Alinari photo) ACQUASANTIERA - A. attributed to Giovanni Pisano (late 13th cent.). Pistoia, Church of S. Giovanni Fuorcivitas.considered wine as a poison administered by the prince of darkness. They were therefore condemned along with them by the Emperor Theodosius I (Codex Theod., XVI, tit. V). By contrast, the Armenians fell into the opposite error: they completely suppressed the use of water in the Mass and drew upon themselves the condemnation of the Council "in Trullo" in 692 (can. 32), in which anyone who did not mix water with wine for the consecration was declared deposed.
BIBL.: J. Hardouin, Acta Concil., III, Paris 1715, pp. 1172-73; G. Bareille, s. V. in DThC., I, col. 1724; P. Batifol, s. V. in DACL, I, coll. 2648-54. Antonio Giamboni
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“ACQUARIANI.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. I (1948), p. 167. Azione Romana digital edition, https://azioneromana.com/article/acquariani.
