3 Cfr. san Tommaso, Summa theologiae III, q. 77, a. 6, “Possono le specie nutrire?”. ###>3 See Summa theologiae , III, q. 77, art. 6, “Can the species nourish” Saint Thomas refers to I Cor 11:21 and the standard commentaries to show that the species, taken in sufficient quantities, can satisfy hunger and inebriate.