My Flesh Indeed: On the Real Presence of Christ in the Eucharist | Fr. Dominic Langevin, O.P.
The Thomistic Institute
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What Are the Theories of Eucharistic Conversion?
By the end of the 11th century, there were a number of theories that had been enunciated about Eucharistic presence. I've tried to lay them out at the bottom of page 2 after another quotation from the Council, Lateran 4. The first theory is that there is no physical presence of Christ. Compination is the idea that bread and wine and Christ are all physically present but side by side. And then the last theory is called real presence or non-isreal presence. After Christ is physically present there is no longer presence, bread and wine substantially.
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