Transubstantiation
Transubstantiation
by
Christina Jordan
Kenosha Center
AL210 Theology: Discovering God’s Ways
Honor Pledge:
"As I develop in mind, body, and spirit, I pledge on my honor that I have not given, received, witnessed, nor have knowledge of unauthorized aid on this or any [assignment, quiz, paper, test].
“And as they were eating, he took bread, and after blessing it broke it and gave it to them, and said, “Take; this is my body.””
This verse from Mark, Chapter 14, verse 22, among others, has triggered off many theological debates on what was happening at the Last Supper. Was this truly the Lord’s body that they were consuming? Did it change in substance, or merely in theory as a symbol of what Jesus was saying? Over the centuries, this topic has been debated by many of the great theologians of the times. Tertullian, Luther, Martyr and Aquintas, to name a few, have weighed in on the subject. Christian denominations, such as Catholicism and the Lutheran faith, have strong views on what happens with the celebration of the Eucharist.
The Last Supper Jesus had with his disciples begun the process that we now know as the Eucharist, Holy Communion, and Holy Mass is one of the several sacraments. The Eucharist is the reenactment, so to speak, of the Last Supper, and is practiced in the Christian faith as an offering, or sacrifice. This happens differently depending on which faith one practices. The Catholic Church believes that once the bread and wine have been blessed, they cease to be bread and wine and actually become the body and blood of Christ.
The Council of Trent, in the Middle Ages, gathered together theologians to put to rest the theory and description of transubstantiation. They ended up with eleven canons in regards to the Eucharist itself. Chapter four of their decree on transubstantiation is as follows, ”And because that Christ, our Redeemer, declared that which He offered under the species of bread to be truly His own body,
by
Christina Jordan
Kenosha Center
AL210 Theology: Discovering God’s Ways
Honor Pledge:
"As I develop in mind, body, and spirit, I pledge on my honor that I have not given, received, witnessed, nor have knowledge of unauthorized aid on this or any [assignment, quiz, paper, test].
“And as they were eating, he took bread, and after blessing it broke it and gave it to them, and said, “Take; this is my body.””
This verse from Mark, Chapter 14, verse 22, among others, has triggered off many theological debates on what was happening at the Last Supper. Was this truly the Lord’s body that they were consuming? Did it change in substance, or merely in theory as a symbol of what Jesus was saying? Over the centuries, this topic has been debated by many of the great theologians of the times. Tertullian, Luther, Martyr and Aquintas, to name a few, have weighed in on the subject. Christian denominations, such as Catholicism and the Lutheran faith, have strong views on what happens with the celebration of the Eucharist.
The Last Supper Jesus had with his disciples begun the process that we now know as the Eucharist, Holy Communion, and Holy Mass is one of the several sacraments. The Eucharist is the reenactment, so to speak, of the Last Supper, and is practiced in the Christian faith as an offering, or sacrifice. This happens differently depending on which faith one practices. The Catholic Church believes that once the bread and wine have been blessed, they cease to be bread and wine and actually become the body and blood of Christ.
The Council of Trent, in the Middle Ages, gathered together theologians to put to rest the theory and description of transubstantiation. They ended up with eleven canons in regards to the Eucharist itself. Chapter four of their decree on transubstantiation is as follows, ”And because that Christ, our Redeemer, declared that which He offered under the species of bread to be truly His own body,