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The Council of Trent, held 1545–1563 in reaction to the Protestant Reformation and initiating the Catholic Counter-Reformation, promulgated the view of the presence of Christ in the Eucharist as true, real, and substantial, and declared that, "by the consecration of the bread and of the wine, a conversion is made of the whole substance of the bread into the substance (substantia) of the body ...
British scientists using forensic anthropology, similar to how police solve crimes, have stitched together what they say is probably most accurate image of Jesus Christ's real face, and he's not ...
According to this version of the stolen body hypothesis, some of the disciples stole away Jesus's body. Potential reasons include wishing to bury Jesus themselves; believing that Jesus would soon return and wanting his body in their possession; a "pious deceit" to restore Jesus's good name after being crucified as a criminal; or an outright plot to fake a resurrection. [3]
According to USA Today, Christians typically believe that Jesus Christ was crucified, and his dead body was laid on a limestone slab; three days later, women intending to anoint his remains ...
The belief of Docetism holds that Jesus Christ did not have a real physical body, but only an apparent or illusory one. [2] Montanism: Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox Church, Oriental Orthodox Churches, mainline Protestantism: A movement that emphasizes the importance of prophecy and ecstatic experiences. [3] Adoptionism
Reliquary displaying the relics of the Eucharistic miracle of Lanciano. The Miracle of Lanciano is a Eucharistic miracle said to have occurred in the eighth century in the city of Lanciano, Italy.
Transubstantiation – the real presence of Jesus in the Eucharistic Adoration at Saint Thomas Aquinas Cathedral in Reno, Nevada. Transubstantiation (Latin: transubstantiatio; Greek: μετουσίωσις metousiosis) is, according to the teaching of the Catholic Church, "the change of the whole substance of bread into the substance of the Body of Christ and of the whole substance of wine ...
In this sense, it has been said that the term "transubstantiation" can be applied to the Church itself being transformed into the real body and blood of Jesus. [citation needed] Although Calvin rejected adoration of the Eucharistic bread and wine as "idolatry", later Reformed Christians have argued otherwise.