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Transubstantiation: Where Does the Bread Go?

Posted on 13 April 2024 by Fr Aidan Kimel

On 13 October 1551, the Council of Trent published its Decree on the Holy Eucharist. Chapter IV defines the dogma of transubstantiation: And because that Christ, our Redeemer, declared that which He offered under the species of bread to be … Continue reading →

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Piercing the Veil: Ascension, Heaven, Eucharist

Posted on 25 May 2023 by Fr Aidan Kimel

“Two affirmations,” writes Paul J. Griffiths, “are required of Christians about Jesus’ ascended flesh” (Christian Flesh, p. 49): The ascended flesh is now located at the right hand of the Father. The ascended flesh is truly present in the Holy … Continue reading →

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The Eucharistic Dogma as Sacramental Identification

Posted on 25 March 2020 by Fr Aidan Kimel

It is remarkable that for hundreds of years the Church did not find it necessary to formally dogmatize a particular definition of the Holy Eucharist. Despite real differences of expres­sion, significant conflict between theologians and churches did not arise. The … Continue reading →

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Transubstantiation: Maybe Dositheos Got It Right

Posted on 23 March 2020 by Fr Aidan Kimel

by the Very Rev. Christiaan Kappes, S.L.D., Ph.L., Ph.D. Just out of curiosity, I tried my search engine on googlebooks with the word “transubstan­tiation.” Number two in my search was a howler: The History of Popish Transubstantia­tion (1840). Again, number … Continue reading →

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Transmutation or Transubstantiation: Sergius Bulgakov and Herbert McCabe on the Holy Eucharist

Posted on 17 March 2020 by Fr Aidan Kimel

That the Holy Orthodox Church confesses the Holy Gifts to be the Body and Blood of Jesus Christ no one can doubt. But satisfactory interpretations of the eucharistic mystery are difficult to find. Somewhat surprisingly, Eastern theologians have tended to … Continue reading →

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Clinging to Externals: Weak Faith and the Power of the Sacraments

Posted on 8 January 2020 by Fr Aidan Kimel

by Phillip S. Cary, Ph.D. Behind the debates about the objectivity of Christ’s presence in the Reformed view of the supper are crucial pastoral questions about the nature of faith, and I think it will bring clarity to the debate … Continue reading →

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The Tactual, Tangible, Carnal Salvation of Christ

Posted on 29 May 2019 by Fr Aidan Kimel

Reading Paul J. Griffiths’s Decreation and Christian Flesh I was repeatedly struck by the significance of the sense of touch. Human flesh desires to touch and be touched. “Flesh is haptic,” Griffiths writes, “which is to say that flesh touches and is touched, … Continue reading →

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Piercing the Veil: Ascension, Heaven, Eucharist

Posted on 27 May 2019 by Fr Aidan Kimel

“Two affirmations,” writes Paul J. Griffiths, “are required of Christians about Jesus’ ascended flesh” (Christian Flesh, p. 49): The ascended flesh is now located at the right hand of the Father. The ascended flesh is truly present in the Holy … Continue reading →

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