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transubstantiation

[tran-suhb-stan-shee-ey-shuhn] / ˌtræn səbˌstæn ʃiˈeɪ ʃən /


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Transubstantiation, a dogma of the Holy Roman Church, is the belief that the bread at mass does actually become the Body of Jesus Christ.

From Time Magazine Archive

An expert at making points of dogma crystal clear, Father LeBuffe had a blackboard handy, covered it with white, red, green, yellow chalk marks demonstrating the meaning of the Trinity, Original Sin, Transubstantiation, Incarnation.

From Time Magazine Archive

This implies the dogma of Transubstantiation, meaning that Christ comes physically into the bread and wine.

From Time Magazine Archive

He discourses on the evidence of God’s love to be found in this mystery of the altar; and then refutes objections as to the manner of the Divine Presence, expressly teaching Transubstantiation.

From A Mediaeval Mystic A Short Account of the Life and Writings of Blessed John Ruysbroeck, Canon Regular of Groenendael A.D. 1293-1381 by Scully, Vincent

If there was one doctrine upon which the supremacy of the Medi�val Church rested, it was the doctrine of Transubstantiation.

From History of the English People, Volume II The Charter, 1216-1307; The Parliament, 1307-1400 by Green, John Richard




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