Faith & Life Grade 7 · Chapter 21 · The Sacrament of the Holy Eucharist
Substance or Appearance?
At the Consecration the substance of bread and wine, what they really are, becomes the Body and Blood of Christ. The appearances, or accidents (taste, color, shape, weight), remain. This is transubstantiation (CCC 1376).
Explore the idea
Read each item and decide where it belongs.
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Discuss the connection
Saint Cyril of Jerusalem told new Christians not to judge the Eucharist by taste but by faith. Why might that be good advice?
An original interactive exercise for Faith & Life Grade 7, Chapter 21 (“The Sacrament of the Holy Eucharist”). Grounded in Scripture and the Catechism of the Catholic Church.