# Catholic belief of transubstantiation

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [March 5, 2005, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catholic-belief-of-transubstantiation/293034 "2005-03-05T04:22:41Z")\
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**Author:** ![tavistmorph2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/71c47a/32.png) [@tavistmorph2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tavistmorph2)\
**Post date:** [March 5, 2005, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catholic-belief-of-transubstantiation/293034/1 "2005-03-05T04:22:41Z")

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Where did the Catholic interpretation of communion literally being the  
body and blood of Christ come from? The Bible’s description of the  
Last Supper seems pretty clear that Jesus was speaking methaphorically  
when he passed around the bread and wine, so when did the belief of  
literal transubstantiaon come from?

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**Author:** ![BobT](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8e8cbc/32.png) [@BobT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobT)\
**Post date:** [March 5, 2005, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catholic-belief-of-transubstantiation/293034/2 "2005-03-05T04:41:39Z")

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Read up on the Council of Trent.

Also see Matthew 26:26, Mark 14:22, Luke 22:19, 1 Corinthians 11:24

And a bunch of religious wars in Europe.