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[[Christian apologetics|Catholic apologists]] respond that as the atoms of matter are not visible under the microscope and can be transformed in the atomic laboratory from one element to another, so by analogy the change in the substance of the bread and wine is not visible. As the body is visible, the invisible soul of the living body is not. And while the forms of bread and wine and their chemical structures are visible, the invisible Christ present in those forms, whole and entire, is not. He himself is present, in Person, as God. And as in Christ Jesus the "fulness of divinity dwells bodily"<ref>Colossians 2:9</ref>, the Father in him and he in the Father<ref>John 14:8-11</ref>, so likewise in the Eucharistic elements received as food in communion the fulness of Jesus himself, body, blood, soul and divinity is present<ref>John 6:41-69</ref>; and those who partake of communion with him partake of the divine nature<ref>2 Peter 1:3-4</ref>.

[[Christian apologetics|Catholic apologists]] respond that as the atoms of matter are not visible under the microscope and can be transformed in the atomic laboratory from one element to another, so by analogy the change in the substance of the bread and wine is not visible. As the body is visible, the invisible soul of the living body is not. And while the forms of bread and wine and their chemical structures are visible, the invisible Christ present in those forms, whole and entire, is not. He himself is present, in Person, as God. And as in Christ Jesus the "fulness of divinity dwells bodily"<ref>Colossians 2:9</ref>, the Father in him and he in the Father<ref>John 14:8-11</ref>, so likewise in the Eucharistic elements received as food in communion the fulness of Jesus himself, body, blood, soul and divinity is present<ref>John 6:41-69</ref>; and those who partake of communion with him partake of the divine nature<ref>2 Peter 1:3-4</ref>.

[[Orthodox Church|Orthodox]] theologians and apologists who believe in the Real Presence of the Lord avoid explanations of transubstantiation and accept simply as divine truth the mystery as declared by Christ at the Eucharist of his [[Last Supper]]. In Christian theology, a mystery is a truth that is above the understanding of human reason but not against it, reasonable but not fully accessible in its entirety to the understanding of the finite human mind.<ref>[https://www.encyclopedia.com/religion/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/mystery-theology Mystery (theology) - Encyclopedia.com]

[[Orthodox Church|Orthodox]] theologians and apologists who believe in the Real Presence of the Lord avoid explanations of transubstantiation and accept simply as divine truth the mystery as declared by Christ at the Eucharist of his [[Last Supper]]. In Christian theology, a mystery is a truth that is above the power of the understanding of human reason but not against it, reasonable but not fully accessible in its entirety to the understanding of the finite human mind.<ref>[https://www.encyclopedia.com/religion/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/mystery-theology Mystery (theology) - Encyclopedia.com]</ref>

==Confusing matter with substance==

==Confusing matter with substance==