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Writing in the Washington Times , Robert Alt contrasted the Roman Catholic belief in transubstantiation, "whereby the bread and wine, while maintaining their ordinary physical qualities, are substantively transformed in the Eucharist into the body, blood, soul and divinity of Jesus Christ," with consubstantiation, the Methodist (and Lutheran) teaching that "the bread and wine and Christ's presence exist simultaneously."
This 1971 document affirmed the "true presence" of Christ in the Eucharist, "effectually signified by the bread and wine, which, in this mystery, become his body and blood."
The earliest occurrences of the word being used to refer to a religious service are to be found in the epistles of Saint Ambrose and the itinerary of Silvia of Aquitania in the last quarter of the fourth century, when it was applied to matins and vespers; however, in its most eminent sense, mæsse was used to denote the Eucharist.
Two issues loomed large: the nature of Christ's presence in the bread and wine of Communion and whether the Eucharist was a sacrifice offered for the forgiveness of sins.
"I'm a huge anti-Semite, so I'd have to say they're celebrating the Eucharist."