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

He rejected the Catholic Church’s 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

Adessena′rian, one of a sect of Christians which holds that there is a real presence of Christ in the Eucharist, but denying that it is effected by transubstantiation.

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