transubstantiation
Sign in to savethumb|The Eucharist, which the Catholic Church teaches to be the Real presence of Christ in the Eucharist|real presence of [[Christ, exposed for adoration at Saint Thomas Aquinas Cathedral in Reno, Nevada]] Transubstantiation (, ) is, according to the teaching of the Catholic Church, "the change of the whole substance of bread into the substance of the Body of Christ and of the whole substance of wine into the substance of the Blood of Christ". This change is brought about in the eucharistic prayer through the efficacy of the word of Christ and by the action of the Holy Spirit. However, "the o
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Transubstantiation is the Catholic Church's teaching that during the Eucharist ceremony, bread and wine are changed into the actual body and blood of Christ through prayer and the Holy Spirit's action. This doctrine matters because it expresses the Catholic belief in Christ's real presence in the Eucharist, which is central to their religious practice and worship.
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thumb|The Eucharist, which the Catholic Church teaches to be the Real presence of Christ in the Eucharist|real presence of [[Christ, exposed for adoration at Saint Thomas Aquinas Cathedral in Reno, Nevada]] Transubstantiation (, ) is, according to the teaching of the Catholic Church, "the change of the whole substance of bread into the substance of the Body of Christ and of the whole substance of wine into the substance of the Blood of Christ". This change is brought about in the eucharistic prayer through the efficacy of the word of Christ and by the action of the Holy Spirit. However, "the outward characteristics of bread and wine, that is the 'eucharistic species', remain unaltered". In this teaching, the notions of "substance" and "transubstantiation" are not linked with any particular theory of metaphysics.
The Catholic Church teaches that, in the Eucharistic offering, bread and wine are changed into the body and blood of Christ. The affirmation of this doctrine on the real presence of Christ in the Eucharist was expressed, using the word "transubstantiate", by the Fourth Council of the Lateran in 1215. It was later challenged by various 14th-century reformers, John Wycliffe in particular.