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* 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 | ||
* Ignatius of Antioch, a student of Saint John, wrote to the Church in Rome not to protect him from martyrdom, saying, | |||
Suffer me to become food for the wild beasts, through whose instrumentality it will be granted me to attain to God. I am the wheat of God, and am ground by the teeth of the wild beasts, that I may be found the pure bread of God. ([https://www.earlychristianwritings.com/text/ignatius-romans-roberts.html Ignatius to the Romans, Ch. IV]) | |||
"I desire the bread of God, the heavenly bread, the bread of life, which is the flesh of Jesus Christ, the Son of God, who became afterwards of the seed of David and Abraham; and I desire the drink of God, namely His blood, which is incorruptible love and eternal life." ([https://www.earlychristianwritings.com/text/ignatius-romans-roberts.html Ignatius to the Romans, Ch. VII]) | |||
*it was first termed "transubstantiation" in the 11th century | *it was first termed "transubstantiation" in the 11th century | ||
**largely in response to Berengar of Tours, a monk who denied the "material" change in the bread and wine when consecrated | **largely in response to Berengar of Tours, a monk who denied the "material" change in the bread and wine when consecrated, | ||
** | **at the Fourth Council of the Lateran in 1215, the Church made a canonical (official) pronouncement of the doctrine of Transubstantiation. | ||
=== Impact of belief in Transubstantiation on Mass attendance === | === Impact of belief in Transubstantiation on Mass attendance === | ||
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* it is reasonable to infer that the wording of the questions in these studies yielded different results | * it is reasonable to infer that the wording of the questions in these studies yielded different results | ||
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