transubstantiation

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Meanwhile, in Germany, Martin Luther had questioned the Catholic doctrine of transubstantiation, the literal transformation of bread and wine into the body and blood of Christ.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026

The council also affirmed the doctrine of transubstantiation.

From Textbooks • Dec. 14, 2022

If the priest confined his sermons to “purely theological issues,” he might still be allowed to purchase airtime, but the doctrine of transubstantiation was never his preferred topic.

From Slate • Jan. 21, 2021

Do you subscribe to this theory of artistic transubstantiation?

From The Guardian • Dec. 11, 2019

Though they believed in transubstantiation, they denied that it could be effected by sinful priests.

From A History of The Inquisition of The Middle Ages; volume II by Lea, Henry Charles