Transubstantiation: Divine Miracle or Deceptive Hoax

[Berean Girl]

Transubstantiation
Divine Miracle or Deceptive Hoax

One of the most unbelievable, yet fiercely held, traditions of the Roman Catholic Church is its dogma of transubstantiation. First pronounced at the Fourth Lateran Council in 1215 AD, it declares the entire substance of bread and wine is transformed into the actual body and blood of the Lord Jesus Christ. Each Catholic priest is said to have the Spirit's power to call Jesus down from heaven through this miracle of transubstantiation. Thus Jesus becomes physically present on Catholic altars so that priests can offer Him again to the Father for the sins of the living and the dead. After the offering, God is eaten by Catholics when they ingest the Eucharist. Without question, the Roman Catholic Church regards Christ's real presence in the Eucharist a dogma of utmost importance. According to paragraph 1324 of the Catechism of the Catholic Church (CCC), the Eucharist is "the source and summit of the Christian life." It teaches us: "the body and blood, together with the soul and divinity, of our Lord Jesus Christ and, therefore, the whole Christ is truly, really, and substantially contained" in the Eucharist (CCC, 1374). This is a non-negotiable dogma because the Council of Trent placed a curse or anathema on anyone who does not believe it (Canon 1). Furthermore, Catholics must consume the Eucharist because it is a necessary requirement for their salvation (CCC, 1359).

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[Theresa]

So a part of Jesus has to keep on dying and dying and dying and dying .... for our sins? I think not. I was raised Catholic (left RCC at 17), but knew that there were things that didn't ring true (I just didn't know why). Private confession with punishments and praying to saints never quite sat right with me (there is more that I can't think of right now). Thank God something reached out and tapped me on my shoulder so I knew something was wrong.