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Originally posted by GeekyPenguin
I know there is a particular word for this, I think consecration - we believe that the host and wine become Jesus and he becomes a part of us, and Protestants do not.
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I think the word you were looking for is transubstantiation.
Transubstantiation is the alleged process whereby the bread and wine offered up at the communion service has its substance changed to that of the body, blood, soul and divinity of Jesus Christ while its accidents appear to be that of bread and wine.
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The Skeptics Dictionary
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