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  2. Transubstantiation - Wikipedia

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    Transubstantiation – the real presence of Jesus in the Eucharistic Adoration at Saint Thomas Aquinas Cathedral in Reno, Nevada. Transubstantiation (Latin: transubstantiatio; Greek: μετουσίωσις metousiosis) 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 ...

  3. Real presence of Christ in the Eucharist - Wikipedia

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    The Council of Trent, held 1545–1563 in reaction to the Protestant Reformation and initiating the Catholic Counter-Reformation, promulgated the view of the presence of Christ in the Eucharist as true, real, and substantial, and declared that, "by the consecration of the bread and of the wine, a conversion is made of the whole substance of the bread into the substance (substantia) of the body ...

  4. Sacramental union - Wikipedia

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    Lutherans have also rejected the designation of their position as consubstantiation because they believe it, like transubstantiation, is a philosophical explanation of the Real Presence, whereas the sacramental union provides a description of the Real Presence.

  5. Consubstantiation - Wikipedia

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    Consubstantiation is a Christian theological doctrine that (like transubstantiation) describes the real presence of Christ in the Eucharist.It holds that during the sacrament, the substance of the body and blood of Christ are present alongside the substance of the bread and wine, which remain present.

  6. Oriental Orthodox theology - Wikipedia

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    The Oriental Orthodox Churches believe in Monotheism, the belief that there is only One God, who is transcendent and far beyond human comprehension. [1] The church affirms the doctrine of the Trinity: God is One in Essence (Gr: οὐσία Ousia) but Three in Persons (Gr:ὑπόστασις Hypostasis) — Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, sharing One Will, One Work, and One Lordship.

  7. Eucharistic theology - Wikipedia

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    The Eastern Orthodox Church has never clarified or made statement on the exact nature of transformation of the bread and wine, nor gone into the detail that the Roman Catholic Church has with the doctrine of transubstantiation, which was formulated after the Great Schism of 1054; the Eastern Orthodox churches have never formally affirmed or ...

  8. The United Methodist Church Split, Explained - AOL

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    The division rarely has to do with differences in theology proper (i.e. the nature of God) but with unexamined assumptions about theological anthropology (i.e. the nature of humans).

  9. Lord's Supper in Reformed theology - Wikipedia

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    The influential 18th century Reformed theologian Friedrich Schleiermacher saw problems with all the Reformation positions on Christ's presence in the Eucharist and hoped that a new articulation of the doctrine would be made. He emphasized the function of the Supper of confirming Christians' union with Christ as well as the union they have with ...