Transubstantiation - Hoax
From UNDERSTANDING ROMAN CATHOLICISM, by Rick Jones

Transubstantiation - Hoax
From UNDERSTANDING ROMAN CATHOLICISM, by Rick Jones
During the mass, priests allegedly have the power to supernaturally turn

bread and wine into the actual and literal body and blood of Jesus Christ:
"The Council of Trent summarizes the Catholic faith by declaring: "Because
Christ our Redeemer said that it was truly his body that he was offering
under the species of bread, it has always been the conviction of the Church
of God, and this holy Council now declares again, that by the consecration
of the bread and wine there takes place a change of the whole substance of
the bread into the substance of the body of Christ our Lord and of the

substance of the wine into the substance of his blood. This change the holy
Catholic Church has fittingly and properly called transubstantiation." Pg.
347, #1376. 1994 catechism
This Catechism quote reveals that the Catholic church still adheres to this
doctrine which was defined at the Council of Trent:
"At the heart of the Eucharistic celebration are the bread and wine that,

the words of Christ and the invocation of the Holy Spirit, become Christ's
Body and Blood." Pg. 336 # 1333
The Catechism even specifies when Christ comes into the eucharist and how
long He stays:
"The Eucharistic presence of Christ begins at the moment of the

and endures as long as the Eucharistic species subsist. Christ is present
whole and entire in each of the species and whole and entire in each of
their parts, in such a way that the breaking of the bread does not divide
Christ." Pg. 347 #1377
Since Catholicism is teaching members to partake in literal cannibalism,
this doctrine requires serious examination. To begin with, we must

this doctrine's origin. Is it from God, or is it a tradition of men?
Catholicism insists it is scriptural, citing the words of Jesus in John 6:
"Except ye eat the flesh of the Son of man, and drink his blood, ye have no
life in you. Whoso eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, hath eternal
life; and I will raise him up at the last day." John 6:53-54
Though this one verse does appear to teach cannibalism, if you read the
entire passage in context, the meaning becomes clear. Right before making
that statement, Jesus said:
"... For the bread of God is he which cometh down from heaven, and giveth
life unto the world. Then said they unto him, Lord, evermore give us this
bread. And Jesus said unto them, I am the bread of life: he that cometh to
me shall never hunger; and he that believeth on me shall never thirst."

6:33-35
This teaching is consistent with the rest of Scripture. Eternal life comes
through believing in Jesus Christ, not eating His body. The Lord goes on to
further clarify:
"And this is the will of him that sent me, that every one which seeth the
Son, and believeth on him, may have everlasting life..." John 6:40
Again, Jesus points out that eternal life comes through believing in Him.
When the Lord's disciples murmured at His words, Jesus explained:
"It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words
that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life." John 6:63
Jesus was talking spiritually, not physically. He was explaining that
spiritually, all life comes through faith in Him, not eating His body.
Nowhere else in the Bible does God endorse cannibalism. In fact, God

the practice:
"But flesh with the life thereof, which is the blood thereof, shall ye not
eat." Genesis 9:4
"... No soul of you shall eat blood, neither shall any stranger that
sojourneth among you eat blood." Leviticus 17:12
God would never command His children to do something He had already
forbidden.
The Biblical purpose
Paul's instructions in 1 Corinthians 11 shed even more light on this

"For I have received of the Lord that which also I delivered unto you, That
the Lord Jesus the same night in which he was betrayed took bread: And when
he had given thanks, he brake it, and said, Take, eat: this is my body,
which is broken for you: this do in remembrance of me." 1 Corinthians
11:23-24
When Jesus said, "Take, eat: this is my body," He was not suggesting that
they reach out and begin eating His literal body. To even suggest such is
ridiculous. He was speaking spiritually about what He was about to
accomplish on the cross.
Notice how that verse ends: "...this do in remembrance of me." Observing

Lord's Supper is a remembrance of Christ's work at Calvary, not a
reenactment. The same is true of Christ's blood:
"After the same manner also he took the cup, when he had supped, saying,
This cup is the new testament in my blood: this do ye, as oft as ye drink
it, in remembrance of me." 1 Corinthians 11:25
Jesus Himself taught the same lesson to his disciples at the Last Supper:
"And he (Jesus) took bread, and gave thanks, and brake it, and gave unto
them, saying, This is my body which is given for you: this do in

of me." Luke 22:19
Conclusion
Since transubstantiation is another unscriptural Catholic tradition of men,
several more intriguing questions await an answer:
? Why does the Catholic church deliberately take one verse of Scripture out
of context and build a doctrine the Bible obviously does not teach?
? Why would the Catholic church rather have you eating God than placing

faith in Him?
? Most importantly, can you knowingly partake in this practice now that you
know the truth?
"Therefore to him that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is
sin." James 4:17



Question: How gullible and deceived does a person need to be to worship a
piece of bread?
The teachings of Jesus on [this bread is my body; he that eateth my flesh
and drinks my blood has eternal life, etc. - these teachings were intended
as a parable, it was not supposed to be taken literally]. The catholic
church misunderstood this pathetically.
Mark 4:33 And with many such parables spake he the word unto them, as they
were able to hear it.
Mark 4:34 But without a parable spake he not unto them: and when they were
alone, he expounded all things to his disciples.
Jesus said this:
John 6:51 I am the living bread which came down from heaven: if any man eat
of this bread, he shall live for ever: and the bread that I will give is my
flesh, which I will give for the life of the world.
John 6:52 The Jews therefore strove among themselves, saying, How can this
man give us [his] flesh to eat?
John 6:53 Then Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except
ye eat the flesh of the Son of man, and drink his blood, ye have no life in
you.
John 6:54 Whoso eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, hath eternal life;
and I will raise him up at the last day.
John 6:55 For my flesh is meat indeed, and my blood is drink indeed.
John 6:56 He that eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, dwelleth in me,
and I in him.
John 6:57 As the living Father hath sent me, and I live by the Father: so

that eateth me, even he shall live by me.
John 6:58 This is that bread which came down from heaven: not as your
fathers did eat manna, and are dead: he that eateth of this bread shall

for ever.
This had to be a parable because of what it said in Mark 4: 34, and because
of what Jesus went on to say:
John 6:61 When Jesus knew in himself that his disciples murmured at it, he
said unto them, Doth this offend you?
John 6:62 [What] and if ye shall see the Son of man ascend up where he was
before?
John 6:63 It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing:

words that I speak unto you, [they] are spirit, and [they] are life.
To explain that another way, Jesus was saying that the flesh profits

or it would not profit if you ate his flesh. He was speaking spiritual

that were meant to be understood in a spiritual way; he was not talking
about literally eating His flesh.
These verses here show what he really meant by eating His flesh:
John 6:56 He that eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, dwelleth in me,
and I in him.
John 6:57 As the living Father hath sent me, and I live by the Father: so

that eateth me, even he shall live by me.
It means to live by Him and His teachings.
For the Roman catholic church to invent a FAKE ceremony claiming to change

piece of bread into the actual body of Jesus so that they can eat it, to

to obey those scriptures, is just a terrible misinterpretation of scripture
and a ridiculous hoax.
Exodus 20:4 Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness
[of any thing] that [is] in heaven above, or that [is] in the earth

or that [is] in the water under the earth:
Exodus 20:5 Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I
the LORD thy God [am] a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers
upon the children unto the third and fourth [generation] of them that hate
me;
How deceived must a man be to bow down (or genuflect) to a piece of bread?
In violation of one of the 10 commandments.
Gentile Christians were commanded to abstain from eating blood:
Acts 21:25 As touching the Gentiles which believe, we have written [and]
concluded that they observe no such thing, save only that they keep
themselves from [things] offered to idols, and from blood, and from
strangled, and from fornication.
If catholic priests really changed wine into the real blood of Jesus, then
they are disobeying the Word of God if they drink it.

That piece of bread can't be the actual, literal body of Christ, that would
contradict Jesus' own words:
Mark 13:21 And then if any man shall say to you, Lo, here is Christ; or,

he is there; believe him not:
Mark 13:22 For false Christs and false prophets shall rise, and shall shew
signs and wonders, to seduce, if it were possible, even the elect.
Your piece of bread is a false Christ. If you are trying to point to that
consecrated piece of bread and say, "here is Christ" , then I say to you,
Jesus said don't believe you.