Robert Gober

When you grow up being taught to worship, whatever that means, there is an array of body-rich symbols: tears, blood, crucifixion, the stations of the cross, transubstantiation... Faith is a belief in something that is irrational, and so to have faith, there is some correlation there with the belief in the art.

American Sculptor

Jim Carroll

I was this Catholic kid, and I never really lost that. I loved the rituals of Catholicism. The mass is a magic ritual; it's a transubstantiation, and the stations of the cross - I mean, a crown of thorns? Getting whipped? It's punk rock.

American Author

William Tyndale

Neither was there any heresy, or diversity of opinion, or disputing about the matter, till the pope had gathered a council to confirm this transubstantiation: wherefore it is most likely that this opinion came up by them of latter days.

English Clergyman

Transubstantiation holds deep religious importance in Catholicism; understand the reverence associated with it.

Religious Significance

The change during transubstantiation is spiritual, not physical - the bread and wine do not alter in taste or appearance.

Not Literal

Different Christian denominations have varied beliefs about transubstantiation - it's a uniquely Catholic concept.

Debate and Diversity

In the context of alchemy, transubstantiation referred to a now-debunked practice of transforming metals.

Historical Alchemy

Transubstantiation can be used metaphorically in non-religious contexts to describe a complete transformation.

Metaphorical Use

In modern science, transubstantiation is not used; it's a historical term reflecting past scientific understanding.

Scientific Evolution

 and he used the word "odious," that the common law would not support it, and he ordered James free. At that moment, James Somerset underwent a legal transubstantiation. The free man who walked out of the courtroom looked exactly like the slave who had walked in,