2007-11-15 16:55:13 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Transubstantiation.
It's the doctrine of Roman Catholicism that teaches that at the celebration of the Mass, the elements of Communion - the bread and wine, are literally transformed into the Body and Blood of the Lord Jesus Christ.
It is largely based on a very literal interpretation of Christ's teaching in the Sixth Chapter of the Gospel of John, but also other passages.
2007-11-15 17:02:43 · answer #1 · answered by wefmeister 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Transubstantiation is the power of the priest to change bread and wine into flesh and blood by muttering a few words over them.
This is a key belief of Roman Catholics and they must believe that it is the actual flesh and blood that they partake of at Holy Communion.
To believe it is only symbolic or merely ritual is heresy and many thousands of people have been killed for that in previous centuries when the Roman Catholic Church was more powerful
2007-11-16 02:35:44 · answer #2 · answered by brainstorm 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's a metaphysical term for turning an innate object like bread into a living being like God. Catholics believe that the bread and wine actually become the body of Christ.
2007-11-16 01:02:40 · answer #3 · answered by sorry sista 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Its when the substance of the bread and wine become the body and blood of Jesus but the accidents stay the same and the substance stays the same meaning that what we see tates and feel is all the same
2007-11-16 01:00:42 · answer #4 · answered by ツLuv~u~2ツ 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The changing of the bread and wine into the body and blood Jesus Christ, during the Catholic Mass.
2007-11-16 01:07:28 · answer #5 · answered by Seeker 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the miraculous change by which according to Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox dogma the eucharistic elements at their consecration become the body and blood of Christ while keeping only the appearances of bread and wine
It's spelled: transubstantiation
2007-11-16 01:00:55 · answer #6 · answered by GloryGirl 1 · 4⤊ 0⤋
It's the Catholic belief that the "bread and wine" which is to represent the blood and body of Christ actually BECOMES the blood and body of Christ after partaking of it.
Hmmmm.... can't jump on that ship. Although I DO believe that partaking is what the Lord wants (and said) that we should do in REMEMBRANCE of his blood and body, given for us.
2007-11-16 01:07:35 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's the ritual used to make people believe that a dry cracker is something more than a dry cracker.
2007-11-16 00:58:16 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋
I like your spelling - lackofsubstantiation would be a better description of the concept.
2007-11-16 00:58:41 · answer #9 · answered by cheir 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
To change one substance into another.
2007-11-16 01:05:10 · answer #10 · answered by gismoII 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋