transubstantiation
One thing becomes another
Transubstantiation is the Catholic doctrine that during the Eucharist, the bread and wine literally become the body and blood of Christ while retaining their original appearance.
The substance transforms while the accidents—taste, texture, color—remain unchanged.
This distinguishes Catholic belief from Protestant views that treat communion as symbolic or spiritual rather than a physical transformation.
Dedicating to sacred purpose
- hostOne receiving guests
- communionProfound shared closeness
- massQuantity of matter
- altarSacred ritual table
bread · wine · chalice · paten · tabernacle · priest · celebrant · liturgy
Unchallengeable official beliefs
- theologyStudy of the divine
- orthodoxyAdherence to accepted beliefs
- heresyBelief opposing official doctrine
- catechismReligious teaching guide
scholasticism · Aquinas · Aristotelian · accidents · essence · Trent · infallibility · apologetics
Complete change of form
- conversionAct of changing states
- metamorphosisProfound biological restructuring
- transfigurationExalted change in appearance
- changeTo make different
accidents · essence · miracle · mystery · becoming · presence · manifestation
Knee-bending act of reverence
- adorationProfound loving regard
- elevationHeight above reference point
- incenseAnger greatly, or aromatic resin
- vestmentsCeremonial religious attire
missal · procession · Corpus Christi · benediction · candles · lectionary · litany · cantor
consecration
Dedicating to sacred purpose
altar · bread · wine · chalice · paten · tabernacle · priest · celebrant · liturgy · sanctuary
dogma
Unchallengeable official beliefs
- theologyStudy of the divine
- orthodoxyAdherence to accepted beliefs
- heresyBelief opposing official doctrine
catechism · scholasticism · Aquinas · Aristotelian · accidents · essence · Trent · infallibility · apologetics · exegesis
transmutation
Complete change of form
- conversionAct of changing states
- metamorphosisProfound biological restructuring
- transfigurationExalted change in appearance
change · accidents · essence · miracle · mystery · becoming · presence · manifestation
genuflection
Knee-bending act of reverence
- adorationProfound loving regard
- elevationHeight above reference point
- incenseAnger greatly, or aromatic resin
vestments · missal · procession · Corpus Christi · benediction · candles · lectionary · litany · cantor · acolyte
Reformation
Religious movement splitting Christianity
- LutherProtestant Reformation initiator
- CalvinProtestant Reformation leader
- ProtestantPost-schism Western Christian
Catholic · council · Trent · schism · symbolic · literal · debate · recusant · Counter-Reformation · ecumenical
- CatholicismVatican, cardinals, pope, Holy Communion, popes
- Christian doctrinesalvation by faith, trinity, Trinity, Holy Trinity, creeds
- Religious Beliefsmonotheism, polytheism, pantheism, trinity, original sin
- Catholic practicesconfession booth, First Communion, genuflection, holy orders, kneeling
- Church disputesschism, Great Schism, Arian controversy, Monophysitism, iconoclasm
- CommunionHoly Communion, Lord's Supper, Eucharist, sacrament, bread and wine
substance, substantial, substantiate, substantiation, substantiality, transubstantiate