tps@homxa.UUCP (T.SCHROEDER) (02/18/85)
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I am a Lutheran, not a Roman Catholic, but I would like to clarify
somewhat transubstantiation (at least according to what I was taught).
There are three common beliefs regarding Holy Communion:
a) transubstantiation - Roman Catholic; this belief states that when
the priest blesses the bread and wine, it
ceases to be bread and wine and becomes the
body and blood of Christ
b) representation - many Protestant denominations; this belief states
that the bread and wine is bread and wine and
merely represents the body and blood of Christ
c) coexistence (?) - Lutheran; this belief (I forget the name) states
that the bread and body and wine and blood coexist
in the cup and wafer; Martin Luther said that the
body of Christ is "in, with, and under" the bread
Tim.
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