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The Blood of Christ in Christian theology
Christian theology

Christian theology is discourse concerning Christianity faith. Christian theologians use biblical exegesis, rationality analysis and argument to understanding, explanation, test, critic#critique, defend or promote Christianity....
 refers to (a) the physical blood actually shed by Jesus Christ on the Cross
Christian cross

The Christian cross is the best-known religious symbol of Christianity. It is a representation of the instrument of the crucifixion of Jesus Christ....
, and the salvation
Salvation

In religion, salvation is the concept that God saves humanity from death. As commonly conceived, He has both Will of God and omnipotence to realize human salvation....
 which Christianity
Christianity

Christianity is a Monotheistic religion #Christian view religion centered on the life and teachings of Jesus as New Testament view on Jesus' life....
 teaches was accomplished thereby; and (b) the Eucharist
Eucharist

The Eucharist, also called Holy Communion or Lord's Supper and other names, is a Christianity sacrament commemorating, by consecrating bread and wine, the Last Supper, the final meal that Jesus Christ shared with his disciples before his arrest, and eventual crucifixion, when he gave them bread saying, "This is my body", and wine...
ic blood used at Holy Communion, under species of wine.

ent Christian Churches (Roman Catholicism
Roman Catholic Church

The Roman Catholic Church, officially known as the Catholic Church is the world's largest Christianity Ecclesia , representing over half of all Christians and one-sixth of the world population....
, Eastern Orthodox Church
Eastern Orthodox Church

The Eastern Orthodox Church is the second largest single Christian communion in the world with an estimated 225 million members worldwide. It is considered by its adherents to be the Four Marks of the Church established by Jesus Christ and his Apostles nearly 2000 years ago....
es the Oriental Orthodox Churches and the Church of the East
Church of the East

Church of the East may refer to the Church centered in modern Syria and Iraq named Nestorianism in the Western world before it was divided into the three bodies below....
) together with some Anglicans, believe in the Real Presence
Real Presence

The Real Presence is the term various Christian traditions use to express their belief that, in the Eucharist, Jesus Christ is really present in what was previously just bread and wine, and not merely present in symbol, as a figure of speech , or by his power ....
 of Christ in the Eucharist.

The Roman Catholic Church uses the term "Transubstantiation
Transubstantiation

In Roman Catholic theology, transubstantiation is the change of the Substance theory of Host and Sacramental wine into the Body of Christ and Blood of Christ occurring in the Eucharist while all that is accessible to the senses remain as before....
" to describe the change of the bread and wine into into the body and blood of Christ.






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The Blood of Christ in Christian theology
Christian theology

Christian theology is discourse concerning Christianity faith. Christian theologians use biblical exegesis, rationality analysis and argument to understanding, explanation, test, critic#critique, defend or promote Christianity....
 refers to (a) the physical blood actually shed by Jesus Christ on the Cross
Christian cross

The Christian cross is the best-known religious symbol of Christianity. It is a representation of the instrument of the crucifixion of Jesus Christ....
, and the salvation
Salvation

In religion, salvation is the concept that God saves humanity from death. As commonly conceived, He has both Will of God and omnipotence to realize human salvation....
 which Christianity
Christianity

Christianity is a Monotheistic religion #Christian view religion centered on the life and teachings of Jesus as New Testament view on Jesus' life....
 teaches was accomplished thereby; and (b) the Eucharist
Eucharist

The Eucharist, also called Holy Communion or Lord's Supper and other names, is a Christianity sacrament commemorating, by consecrating bread and wine, the Last Supper, the final meal that Jesus Christ shared with his disciples before his arrest, and eventual crucifixion, when he gave them bread saying, "This is my body", and wine...
ic blood used at Holy Communion, under species of wine.

Eucharist

Ancient Christian Churches (Roman Catholicism
Roman Catholic Church

The Roman Catholic Church, officially known as the Catholic Church is the world's largest Christianity Ecclesia , representing over half of all Christians and one-sixth of the world population....
, Eastern Orthodox Church
Eastern Orthodox Church

The Eastern Orthodox Church is the second largest single Christian communion in the world with an estimated 225 million members worldwide. It is considered by its adherents to be the Four Marks of the Church established by Jesus Christ and his Apostles nearly 2000 years ago....
es the Oriental Orthodox Churches and the Church of the East
Church of the East

Church of the East may refer to the Church centered in modern Syria and Iraq named Nestorianism in the Western world before it was divided into the three bodies below....
) together with some Anglicans, believe in the Real Presence
Real Presence

The Real Presence is the term various Christian traditions use to express their belief that, in the Eucharist, Jesus Christ is really present in what was previously just bread and wine, and not merely present in symbol, as a figure of speech , or by his power ....
 of Christ in the Eucharist.

The Roman Catholic Church uses the term "Transubstantiation
Transubstantiation

In Roman Catholic theology, transubstantiation is the change of the Substance theory of Host and Sacramental wine into the Body of Christ and Blood of Christ occurring in the Eucharist while all that is accessible to the senses remain as before....
" to describe the change of the bread and wine into into the body and blood of Christ. Eastern Orthodox too have authoritatively used the same term to describe the change, as in The Longer Catechism of The Orthodox, Catholic, Eastern Church and in the decrees of the 1672 Synod of Jerusalem
Synod of Jerusalem

Greek Orthodox Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem Dositheos Notaras convened a Synod in Jerusalem on March, 1672. The occasion was the consecration of the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem, therefore it is also called the Synod of Bethlehem....
.

The Lutheran churches follow the teaching of Martin Luther
Martin Luther

Martin Luther was a Germans monk, theology, university professor, priest, father of Protestantism, and Protestant Reformers whose ideas started the Protestant Reformation and changed the course of Western culture....
 in defining the presence of Christ in the Eucharistic elements as sacramental union
Sacramental Union

Sacramental union is the Lutheranism theology doctrine of the Real Presence of the body and blood of Jesus in the Christianity Eucharist....
 (often misconstrued as consubstantiation
Consubstantiation

Consubstantiation is a theological doctrine that attempts to describe the nature of the Christianity Eucharist in concrete metaphysics terms. It holds that during the sacrament the fundamental "Substance theory" of the body and blood of Christ are present alongside the substance of the bread and wine, which remain present....
), meaning that the fundamental "substance" of the body and blood of Christ are present alongside the substance of the bread and wine, which remain present.

Most Protestant
Protestantism

Protestantism is a movement within Christianity that originated in the sixteenth-century Protestant Reformation. It is considered to be one of the three principal traditions of Christianity, together with Roman Catholicism and Eastern Orthodoxy....
 churches do not believe in the Real Presence, but observe Communion rites as Memorials.

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  • article from the Catholic Encyclopedia
    Catholic Encyclopedia

    The Catholic Encyclopedia, also referred to today as the Old Catholic Encyclopedia, is an English language encyclopedia published by The Encyclopedia Press....