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also known as "The Eucharist" or "The Lord's Supper"

Theology Consecration Consubstantiation Impanation Memorialism Real Presence Sacramental Union Transignification Transubstantiation

Theologies contrasted Anglican Eucharistic theology

Important theologians Paul ·Aquinas Augustine · Calvin Chrysostom · Cranmer Luther · Zwingli

Related Articles Christianity Catholic Historic Roots Closed and Open Table Divine Liturgy Eucharistic adoration Eucharistic discipline First Communion Infant Communion Mass · Sacrament Sanctification

Transignification is an idea, largely in progressive Catholic circles, which attempts a rationalistic explanation of the Real Presence of Christ at Mass. The theology states that although Christ's body and blood are not physically present in the Eucharist, the elements take on at the consecration the real significance of this body and blood, which thus become sacramentally present.

This concept is based on the thought that there are two kinds of presence, local and personal. Jesus is personally, but not locally, present at the Mass. One can be locally present, as when riding on a bus, but ones thoughts can be far away, making him personally not present.

The theory has not been accepted by the Magisterium of the Roman Catholic Church. Furthermore, it was expressively condemned by Pope Paul VI in his 1965 encyclical Mysterium Fidei [1]. However, it is similar to the Anglican position set forth by Thomas Cranmer in the Book of Common Prayer.

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• Real Presence
• Eucharistic theologies contrasted
• Transubstantiation
• Anglican Eucharistic theology