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In Catholicism, the change by which the bread and the wine used in the Eucharist become the body and blood of Christ.

Transbustantiation refers to the Roman Catholic doctrine that the bread and the wine used in the sacrament of the Eucharist become, in reality, the body and blood of Christ.

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Do Eucharistic miracles all have the same DNA?

I have seen it claimed there are thousands of Eucharistic miracles, where what appears to us to be wafer and wine by their accidents, but in actuality are Jesus in substance, have their accidents also turned into what appears to us to be physical…
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What is the correct term for the wafer after Eucharistic consecration?

Before the priest performs the Eucharistic ceremony, he holds an object we call a 'wafer'. After the ceremony is complete, can we still correctly call the object a 'wafer'? Or can it only be correctly called the 'host'?
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What happens to the substance of a Eucharistic host after it is consumed?

Ofter eating an object that appears to us to be a wafer, but is really fully Jesus, our body digests the accidental bread like part of the object. However, what happens to the substantial part? Does it become separated from the accidental bready…
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