[Hieronymus]

Transubstantiation changes (wheat) bread into the real body of Christ—the question is what constitutes wheat bread. If it isn’t bread, it isn’t happening.

[TheThirdRuffian]

So I guess we should use matzos, right?

[Bayard]

You both are confusing transformation with transubstantiation. In transformation, both substance and accidents are changed. In transubstantiation the substance changes, the accidents remain.

The accidents of bread such as taste, shape, weight, ect, remain. The substance, what it is called and known as, is transubstantiated.

Ask a philosophical and religious question, get a philosophical and religious answer.

[BfloGuy]

Transubstantiation changes (wheat) bread into the real body of Christ—the question is what constitutes wheat bread. If it isn’t bread, it isn’t happening.

The wheat of the 21st century is not the same as the wheat of Biblical times. Its chemical composition has been altered in the quest for higher yields and a shorter, tougher stalk.