Do the Bread and Wine Literally Turn Into the Flesh and Blood of Christ?

Transubstantiation is the belief that when the Lord's Supper is consecrated by the priest, the bread literally transforms into the actual flesh of Jesus Christ, and the cup becomes

His actual blood. The Catechism of the Catholic Church defines it this way. Because Christ our

Redeemer said it was truly His body that He was offering under the species of bread, it has always been the conviction 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, and the whole substance of the wine into the substance of His blood.

There are massive theological problems with this doctrine. Most seriously, it argues for the re -offering of the sacrifice of Christ.

But the Bible states very plainly He died once for sins and has no need to offer sacrifices daily.

He will never die again, for death has no dominion over Him. Transubstantiation also presents a false eschatology, arguing for the return of Christ in the

Eucharist. But Jesus said to watch out for those saying, Look, here He is, while performing false signs and wonders so as to lead many astray.

Roman Catholicism defends the doctrine by pointing to passages like John 6, where Jesus said whoever feeds on my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up on the last day.

But Jesus was talking about spiritual nourishment, not consuming His actual flesh and blood, and this had nothing to do with the ordinance of communion.

The false disciples who were with Him couldn't make sense of this either, and they turned and walked away. The Roman Catholic Church does not follow the sound words of the