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Transubstantiation:

In Christianity, The miraculous effect whereby through the blessing and invocation of a priest the bread and wine of the Communion meal become in a mystical sense the true body and blood of Jesus Christ, while still under the guise of bread and wine.

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Theological term transubstation means what?

If you mean "transubstantiation" it's the belief that the bread and wine in communion are actually the body and blood of Christ, not just symbols.


Where does it say in the bible about transubstantiation?

The bible does not discuss "transubstantiation." It is a theological view of the catholics. They take the idea from Matthew 26:26 where Jesus gave them bread saying "this is my body." They take that idea literally where protestants tend to take it as a symbol of his body.


Why do Protestants reject the belief in transubstantiation?

Protestants reject the belief in transubstantiation because they interpret the Eucharist symbolically rather than literally. They believe that the bread and wine used in communion represent the body and blood of Christ, rather than actually becoming them. This difference in interpretation stems from theological differences between Protestantism and Catholicism.


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