Holy Communion: Difference between revisions
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**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. | **at the Fourth Council of the Lateran in 1215, the Church made a canonical (official) pronouncement of the doctrine of Transubstantiation. | ||
*Protestant movements, inspired by Martin Luther's attacks on certain Sacraments, ultimately dropped belief in Transubstantiation | |||
**and today, celebrate the Eucharist symbolically (called either "sacramental union" or "consubstantiation") | |||
*Under Queen Elizabeth I, the British government included rejection of Transubstantiation as part of the "Test" oaths of allegiance to the English church and rejection of Roman Catholicism | |||
=== Impact of belief in Transubstantiation on Mass attendance === | === Impact of belief in Transubstantiation on Mass attendance === | ||