Canon 1.If anyone denies that in the sacrament of the most Holy Eucharist are contained truly, really and substantially the body and blood together with the soul and divinity of our Lord Jesus Christ, and consequently the whole Christ, but says that He is in it only as in a sign, or figure or force, let him be anathema.
Synonyms
Synonyms for substantially
adv to a large extent
considerably essentially extensively
heavily largely materially
really in essence in fact
in reality in substance in the main
mainly much
This is nothing but word games ..... MD...
238. Q. What is the Holy Eucharist?
A. The Holy Eucharist is the Sacrament which contains the body and blood, soul and divinity, of our Lord Jesus Christ under the appearances of bread and wine.
It’s amazing the attempts Catholics go through to explain the nonsense of “transubstantiation”. It’s apparent that at some level they realize that what the Catholic Church says is wrong.
RnMomof7, did you read my development of the body of the zygote, without liver or limbs? "Why are you avoiding it?" as MHGinTN might say?
I don't mind if you disagree -- free country and all that. But, you know, I have actually spent some time on this, got good grades on more than one paper on different theories of the Eucharist all that. But you are telling me what we teach.
You may know the truth better than I, but I'll need some persuading that you know Aquinas better than I.