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=== belief in transubstantiation === | === belief in transubstantiation === | ||
* In the Gospel of [https://bible.usccb.org/bible/john/6?47 John Ch. 6, verses 47-51], Jesus says | |||
"Amen, amen, I say to you, whoever believes has eternal life. | |||
I am the bread of life. | |||
Your ancestors ate the manna in the desert, but they died, | |||
this is the bread that comes down from heaven so that one may eat it and not die. | |||
I am the living bread that came down from heaven; whoever eats this bread will live forever; and the bread that I will give is my flesh for the life of the world.” | |||
* the Church has accepted the doctrine and belief in transubstantiation from its beginning with the Apostles | * the Church has accepted the doctrine and belief in transubstantiation from its beginning with the Apostles | ||
* | *it was termed "transubstantiation" first in the 11th century | ||
**after Berengar of Tours, a monk, denied the "material" change in the bread and wine into the Body and Blood of Christ | |||
***he did not deny the real presence of Christ but | |||
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