RRCthe belief of some Christians that the bread and wine taken in HolyCommunion become the actual body and blood of Christ 变体说〔一些基督徒所持的观点,认为圣餐中的饼和酒可以变成耶稣基督的身体和血〕
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transubstantiation• They, however, have a wholly different outlook because of transubstantiation, which sounds like a disease but is a doctrine.• He surrendered all he had fought for, accepting even the Catholic doctrine of transubstantiation and the existence of Purgatory.• Some Arminians were even accused of attempting to disseminate views on the eucharist that were suspiciously similar to transubstantiation.
Origintransubstantiation
(1300-1400)Medieval Latintransubstantiatio, from transubstantiare“to change into another substance”, from Latinsubstantia“substance”