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Transubstantiation

The Roman Catholic teaching that the substance of bread and wine is changed into the body and blood of Christ while the appearances remain. Lutherans reject the explanation while affirming the reality it tries to protect: that Christ is truly present.

In Sacraments — Baptism, the Lord's Supper, confession, and the language around them.

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