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Catholic Transubstantiation vs. Lutheran Consubstantiation

[originally posted on 4-2-20 on Facebook] *** I was asked: "Does the Catholic Church explicitly...

November 2021

November 18, 2021

Refuting Jason Engwer’s “Real Absence” Argument

Including Biblical Evidence of Analogous Miracles of a Supernatural Change of a Substance Minus Outward...

November 16, 2021

Was Jesus Unclear in John 6 (Eucharist)?

Jason Engwer is a Protestant and anti-Catholic apologist, who runs the Tribalblogue site. I am responding...

January 2021

January 28, 2021

Apostasy of Disciples (Jn 6:66) & Protestant Commentaries

John 6:60-67 (RSV) Many of his disciples, when they heard it, said, "This is a hard...

November 2019

November 22, 2019

The Sarxon Fallacy, Refuted (A Eucharistic Satire)

Reply to an Evangelical Spoof of Catholic Eucharistic Beliefs Way back in 1991, the year...

May 2019

May 20, 2019

Transubstantiation: A Philosophical & Rational Defense

From my book, A Biblical Defense of Catholicism, completed in 1996 and published by Sophia...

March 2019

March 05, 2019

Did Jesus’ “Hard Saying” (Jn 6) Make Disciples Leave?

This is an exchange with Protestant "Realist1234" (Peter) in a combox on my blog. As of...

February 2019

February 04, 2019

Eucharist: Radical Symbolism & Docetism (vs. Calvin #48)

This is an installment of a series of replies (see the Introduction and Master List) to...

February 04, 2019

Eucharistic Adoration: Idolatry or Biblical? (vs. Calvin #47)

This is an installment of a series of replies (see the Introduction and Master List) to...

February 03, 2019

Eucharist: Incoherent “Spiritual Presence” (vs. Calvin #46)

This is an installment of a series of replies (see the Introduction and Master List) to...

February 03, 2019

Bizarre “Eucharistic Christology” vs. Tertullian (vs. Calvin #45)

This is an installment of a series of replies (see the Introduction and Master List) to...

February 02, 2019

Eucharist: Rationalism, Nestorianism, & Docetism (vs. Calvin #44)

This is an installment of a series of replies (see the Introduction and Master List) to...

February 02, 2019

Eucharist: Ubiquity, Signs, Lutheranism, Etc. (vs. Calvin #43)

This is an installment of a series of replies (see the Introduction and Master List) to...

February 01, 2019

Transubstantiation: Bible & the Fathers (vs. Calvin #42)

This is an installment of a series of replies (see the Introduction and Master List) to...

February 01, 2019

Eucharistic Adoration: Explicit & Undeniable Biblical Analogies

What are the essential elements of eucharistic adoration? Well, it is worshiping God, Who is...

January 2019

January 31, 2019

Eucharist: Physical, Symbolic, or “Mystical”? (vs. Calvin #41)

This is an installment of a series of replies (see the Introduction and Master List) to...

January 30, 2019

Sacramentalism & “Ex Opere Operato” (vs. Calvin #37)

This is an installment of a series of replies (see the Introduction and Master List) to...

March 2018

March 09, 2018

Dialogue: Real Presence vs. [?] Holy Spirit’s Indwelling

Tim Roof is a friendly Reformed Protestant fellow (OPC) with whom I have enjoyed great,...

January 2018

January 11, 2018

Luther: “Ex Opere Operato” Eucharistic Principle is True

Martin Luther: "a thing is not destroyed simply by being misused." Ex opere operato is...

January 10, 2018

Holy Eucharist: Replies to a Protestant Inquirer

Questions are good! Apologists are happy to answer, as best we can. The words of...

December 2017

December 15, 2017

Quiz on Early Protestant / “Reformation” Eucharistic Harmony

Who said this?: 1) It is enough for me that Christ's blood is present; let...

December 07, 2017

Treatise on Transubstantiation in Reply to Protestants

(2-4-05; abridged and very slightly edited / added to otherwise, on 12-7-17) *** This is...

November 2017

November 30, 2017

John Calvin’s Erroneous Mystical View of the Eucharist

(4-9-04, 9-7-05, abridged and re-edited on 11-30-17) *** [see the original series of three debates...

November 16, 2017

Do 70% of Catholics Deny Transubstantiation? NO!

(4-18-09) *** It's often heard that 7 out of 10 Catholics disbelieve in the Church's...

September 2017

September 24, 2017

Sacramentarian Controversies (Calvin vs. Luther vs. Zwingli)

(3-29-04) *** This is an "outtake" from my 2004 book: The Catholic Verses. It was too historical,...

September 21, 2017

Eucharistic Real Presence: Luther’s Magnificent Defense

He simply believed in the miracles of the literal presence of Jesus’ body and blood...

October 2016

October 04, 2016

Luther Refutes Protestant Deniers of the Real Presence

All Saints' Church, Wittenberg, Germany (built between 1490 and 1511), where Luther nailed his 95...

September 2016

September 20, 2016

Eucharist: Orthodox & Catholic Views

Some things are ultimately mysterious. The Holy Eucharist is one of them. Image by "uroburos"...

May 2016

May 17, 2016

John 6, the Eucharist, & Parables (Dialogue)

Jesus Teaches the People by the Sea, by James Tissot (1836-1902) [public domain / Wikimedia...

April 2016

April 26, 2016

Answers for Protestant Eucharist Questions

. . . with Dr. Stanley Williams Christ with the Eucharist, late 16th century, by...

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