Within the Roman Catholic church, it is taught that Christ is literally present during Communion. They taught that Christ was not figuratively or symbolically there but rather He was wholly present. They taught that people were genuinely eating the body of Christ and drinking His blood. In summation the Catholic Church taught Real Presence, which… Continue reading →

Essentially, the church’s teaching on the Eucharist promotes transubstantiation, which means that the bread and wine in the sacrament of Holy Communion miraculously turns into the real flesh and blood of Christ. Thus, Christ is literally present in the Eucharist. Earlier in Madigan’s discussion of Wyclif, he notes that, “some of [his] positions logically flowed… Continue reading →

John de Wyclif had a differing view of the Eucharist than the church, which resulted in an abundance of agitation and declarations of heresy from the church. The Roman church viewed transubstantiation from the Eucharist as the divine act of transforming bread and wine into the blood and flesh of Christ, so that one may… Continue reading →