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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
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*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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