TRANSUBSTANTIATION

Definition: the changing of one substance into another substance

Aristotle:

BEING = MATTER + SUBSTANCE

MATTER can change. SUBSTANCE does not change.

HERE IS A RAW EGG:

HERE IS A FRIED EGG:

ARE THEY BOTH EGGS? HOW DO THEY DIFFER?

ST. THOMAS AQUINAS:

HERE IS AN ALIVE PERSON:

HERE IS A DEAD PERSON:

HOW DO THEY DIFFER?

MATTER = BODY

SUBSTANCE = SOUL

THE MATTER CHANGES (DIES) AT DEATH.

THE SUBSTANCE (SOUL) DOES NOT CHANGE (LIVES FOREVER).

EUCHARIST:

1. PROTESTANTS -- CHRIST IS PRESENT SYMBOLICALLY

2. CATHOLICS -- CHRIST IS ACTUALLY PRESENT BECAUSE THE SUBSTANCE OF BREAD HAS BEEN CHANGED INTO THE SUBSTANCE OF CHRIST.