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29. Religion / B. Monotheistic Religion / 4. Christianity / b. Transubstantiation

[properties of bread and wine survive consumption]

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Transubstantion says accidents of bread and wine don't inhere in the substance [Pasnau]
     Full Idea: Transubstantiation maintains that the accidents of the bread and wine endure after consecration without inhering in the substance.
     From: Robert Pasnau (Metaphysical Themes 1274-1671 [2011], 10.3)
     A reaction: It's a big puzzle to outsiders why softness and nice taste should have theological significance. If it is the body and blood of Christ, presumably a miracle has occurred, so normal theories don't apply. It is the key difficulty for scholastic metaphysics.