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real presence

In Christianity, the doctrine that Jesus is really present in the consecrated Eucharist.

The nature of the real presence is disputed. The Roman Catholic Church believes in the doctrine of transubstantiation: that only the appearance of the consecrated bread and wine remains and that its actual substance becomes Jesus' body and blood. The Lutheran churches believe in consubstantiation: that the substances of the bread and wine and of Jesus' body and blood coexist in union with one another. The Anglican churches avoid speculation about the nature of the real presence and regard it as a mystery.



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The antients would certainly have invoked the goddess Flora for this purpose, and it would have been no difficulty for their priests, or politicians to have persuaded the people of the real presence of the deity, though a plain mortal had personated her and performed her office.
The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling by Fielding, Henry View in context
He thinks of the loaves and fishes even when he believes his is in a real Presence.
Dracula by Stoker, Bram View in context
The magic of the real presence of distress,--the imploring human eye, the frail, trembling human hand, the despairing appeal of helpless agony,--these he had never tried.
Uncle Tom's Cabin by Stowe, Harriet Beecher View in context
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