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

Being a toast-and-egg man myself, my day begins with the transubstantiation of bread into its crustaceous cousin, toast.

From The Guardian • May 24, 2016

Its analogue is found in the changes which take place in the development of, say, iron ore into a watch-spring, not in those of the miracle of transubstantiation.

From Creative Intelligence Essays in the Pragmatic Attitude by Bode, Boyd H.