Real Presence of Christ

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The Real Presence of Christ is the Christian belief, especially in Catholic, Orthodox, and some Protestant traditions, that Jesus Christ is truly and substantially present—body, blood, soul, and divinity—in the consecrated bread and wine of the Eucharist.

All labels observed (5)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Christian doctrine ⓘ
religious belief ⓘ
affirmedAs substantial presence ⓘ
affirmedAs true presence ⓘ
affirmedByCouncil Council of Florence ⓘ
Council of Trent ⓘ
Fourth Lateran Council ⓘ
affirmedByTradition Anglicanism ⓘ
Lutheranism ⓘ
Methodism ⓘ
basedOnEvent Last Supper ⓘ
centralToTradition Assyrian Church of the East ⓘ
Catholic Church ⓘ
Eastern Orthodox Church ⓘ
Oriental Orthodox Churches ⓘ
linked to: Oriental Orthodoxy
concernsElement consecrated bread ⓘ
consecrated wine ⓘ
definedInTerm transubstantiation ⓘ
denies mere symbolism of Eucharistic elements ⓘ
distinguishedFrom purely spiritual presence ⓘ
symbolic memorialism ⓘ
expressedIn Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament ⓘ
Eucharistic adoration ⓘ
reservation of the Blessed Sacrament ⓘ
hasDomain Christianity ⓘ
heldBy Eastern Orthodox Christians ⓘ
Lutherans ⓘ
linked to: Lutheranism

Roman Catholics ⓘ
linked to: Roman Catholicism

many Anglicans ⓘ
many Methodists ⓘ
liturgicalContext Divine Liturgy ⓘ
Holy Communion service ⓘ
linked to: Holy Eucharist

Mass ⓘ
opposedBy Zwinglian memorialism ⓘ
some Reformed theologies ⓘ
relatedConcept anamnesis ⓘ
consubstantiation (Lutheran explanatory term, often disputed) ⓘ
epiclesis ⓘ
sacramental union ⓘ
relatedPractice Divine Liturgy ⓘ
Eucharist ⓘ
linked to: Holy Eucharist

Holy Communion ⓘ
linked to: Holy Eucharist
scripturalBasis 1 Corinthians 11:23–29 ⓘ
John 6:51–58 ⓘ
Synoptic Gospels institution narratives ⓘ
teachesPresenceOf Blood of Christ ⓘ
Body of Christ ⓘ
Divinity of Christ ⓘ
Soul of Christ ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Liturgy of the Eucharist → theologyConcept → Real Presence of Christ ⓘ
Litany of the Blessed Sacrament → addressedTo → Jesus Christ in the Blessed Sacrament ⓘ
linked to: Real Presence of Christ
Catholic Church → hasDoctrine → Real Presence of Christ in the Eucharist ⓘ
subject linked to: Catholic Church worldwide
linked to: Real Presence of Christ
Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy → chapterSubject → the mystery of the Eucharist ⓘ
linked to: Real Presence of Christ
Adoration of the Miraculous Host → subjectMatter → Eucharistic miracle ⓘ
linked to: Real Presence of Christ