
Ep. 119 Why I Don't Eat Jesus with Steven Nemes
The Reluctant Theologian Podcast
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The Origins of Transubstantiation in the Roman Catholic Church
The Eucharistic change takes place at the level of substance, says Thomas Aquinas. So what happens is that the bread and wine are converted or transubstantiated into the substance of the body and blood of Christ - while the accidents remain. There were various theories debated in the Middle Ages about how it is that the Bread and Wine become the Body and Blood of Jesus.
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