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Is Transubstantiation without Substance?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 October 2008

D. C. Cassidy
D. C. Cassidy
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1 Nantwich, Freshbrook, Swindon, Wiltshire, SN5 8QN
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The notion of transubstantiation has not fared well in analytic circles despite the revival of interest in scholastic philosophy. Common charges are that it leads to scepticism, does violence to the Aristotelian account of change and fails to achieve the purpose for which it was introduced by Catholic thinkers, namely, to account for the supposed real presence of Christ on the altar during the celebration of the Eucharist. In this paper I will argue that at least some of these objections rest on misconstruing the logical form of expressions like ‘There is bread on the altar’ and ‘…is the blood of Christ’.

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Research Article
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Religious Studies , Volume 30 , Issue 2 , June 1994 , pp. 193 - 199
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1994

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