transubstantiation
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Meanwhile, in Germany, Martin Luther had questioned the Catholic doctrine of transubstantiation, the literal transformation of bread and wine into the body and blood of Christ.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026
He rejected the Catholic Church’s doctrine of transubstantiation.
From Textbooks • Dec. 14, 2022
When the Protestant reformers in the 16th century rejected the Catholic teaching that the bread and wine substantively became the body and blood of Jesus, Catholic Church leaders affirmed the teaching, called transubstantiation.
From New York Times • Jun. 26, 2021
Do you subscribe to this theory of artistic transubstantiation?
From The Guardian • Dec. 11, 2019
The doctrine of transubstantiation was defined by the Lateran Council in 1215, and shortly afterwards the elevation and adoration of the Host were formally enjoined.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 4 "Coquelin" to "Costume" by Various