Transubstantiation

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Transubstantiation is the Roman Catholic doctrine that, during the Eucharist, the bread and wine are transformed in substance into the actual body and blood of Christ while retaining their outward appearances.


Statements (50)
Predicate Object
instanceOf Catholic doctrine
Christian theological doctrine
Eucharistic theology concept
acceptedBy Roman Catholic Church
some Anglo-Catholics
some Old Catholic churches
affirmedInCentury 13th century
16th century
affirmedInDocument Decree on the Eucharist (Council of Trent)
associatedWithClergyAction consecration of the gifts
associatedWithMoment words of institution
associatedWithRite Mass
centralTo Catholic Eucharistic theology
clarifiedAgainst Berengarianism
Reformation critiques of the Mass
codifiedIn Catechism of the Catholic Church
codifiedInParagraphs 1373–1377 (Catechism of the Catholic Church)
concernsElement bread
wine
concernsSacrament Eucharist
definedByCouncil Council of Trent
Fourth Lateran Council
distinguishedFrom consubstantiation
symbolic memorialism
etymologyFrom Latin substantia (substance)
Latin trans (across, beyond)
hasLiturgicalExpression Corpus Christi procession
adoration of the Blessed Sacrament
implies Christ is wholly present under each part of the species
Christ is wholly present under each species
change is not empirically detectable
latinTerm transubstantiatio
rejectedBy Anglican evangelicals
Lutheran confessional theology
Reformed churches
most Protestant traditions
relatedPhilosophicalIssue appearance versus reality
identity and change
relatedToDoctrine Real Presence
religiousTradition Latin Church
Roman Catholic Church
supportsPractice Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament
Eucharistic adoration
reservation of the Eucharist in the tabernacle
teaches accidents of bread and wine remain
substance of bread becomes body of Christ
substance of wine becomes blood of Christ
usesConcept accidents
substance
usesPhilosophicalFramework Aristotelian metaphysics

Referenced by (3)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Consubstantiation
Memorialism ("Roman Catholic Eucharistic theology")
contrastsWith
Mysterium fidei ("Real Presence")
subject

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