bread and wine, being, by the power of God, changed into the substance of his blessed Body and Blood, the species and appearances of bread and wine, by the will of the same God, remaining as they were. This change has been properly called Transubstantiation.
SCRIPTURE.
John vi. 51, 52. “ I am the living bread, which came down from Heaven. If any man eat of this bread, he shall live for ever: and the bread that I will give, is my Flesh, for the life of the world.”—54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59. "Except you eat the Flesh of the Son of Man, and drink his Blood, you shall not have life in you. He that eateth my Flesh and drinketh my Blood, hath everlasting life: and I will raise him up in the last day. For my Flesh is meat indeed, and my Blood is drink indeed. He that eateth my Flesh and drinketh my Blood, abideth in me and I in him. As the living Father hath sent me, and I live by the Father; so he that eateth me, the same also shall live by me. This is the bread that came down from Heaven. Not as your Fathers did eat Manua, and are dead. He that eateth this bread shall live for ever.”—Matt. xxvi. 26, 27, 28. “And while they were at supper Jesus took bread, and blessed, and broke, and gave it to his Disciples, and said: Take ye, and eat: This is my Body. And taking the chalice, he gave thanks, and gave it to them, saying: Drink ye all of this. For this is my Blood of the New Testament, which shall be shed for many for the remission of sins.”—Mark xiv. 22, 23, 24. “And whilst they were eating, Jesus took bread, and blessing, broke, and gave it to them, and said : Take ye, This is my Body. And having taken the chalice; giving thanks, he gave it to them, and they all drank of it. And he said to them : This is my Blood of the New Testament, which shall be shed for many." - Luke xxii. 19, 20. “ And taking bread, he gave thanks, and
