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On the related belief that Christ is present in the Eucharist in body, blood, soul and divinity, see Real Presence.
Transubstantiation (in Latin, transsubstantiatio) is the change of the substance of bread and wine into the Body and Blood of Christ occurring in the Eucharist according to the teaching of some Christian Churches, including the Roman Catholic Church, while all that is accessible to the senses remain as before. In Greek it is called (see Metousiosis).
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