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[[Roman Catholic]]: the Catholic Church believes in [[transubstantiation]], the doctrine that the whole substance of the bread and wine is transformed into the whole substance of Jesus Christ--His body, blood, soul, and divinity. This church believes that the service is more than a memorial, and also that the Eucharist (and thus the [[Mass]]) is a re-presentation of Christ's sacrifice on the Cross. Those perspectives are not, however, part of the doctrine of the Real Presence.

[[Roman Catholic]]: the Catholic Church believes in [[transubstantiation]], the doctrine that the whole substance of the bread and wine is transformed into the whole substance of Jesus Christ--His body, blood, soul, and divinity. This church believes that the service is more than a memorial, and also that the Eucharist (and thus the [[Mass]]) is a re-presentation of Christ's sacrifice on the Cross. Those perspectives are not, however, part of the doctrine of the Real Presence.

[[Anglican]]: The Anglican churches officially believe in the Real Presence received in a non-carnal way and explicitly reject the doctrine of transubstantiation.

[[Anglican]]: The Anglican churches officially believe in the Real Presence received in a non-carnal way and explicitly reject the doctrine of transubstantiation. However, a small minority of "High church" or Anglo-Catholic Anglicans do accept transubstantiation.

[[Lutheran]]: Luther and Lutherans today believe in the Real Presence of Christ's body and blood in the Eucharist. However, rather than holding that the whole substance of the bread and wine is transformed (i.e. transubstantiation), they consider the body and blood to exist alongside the bread and wine--"In, with, and under the forms of bread and wine."  

[[Lutheran]]: Luther and Lutherans today believe in the Real Presence of Christ's body and blood in the Eucharist. However, rather than holding that the whole substance of the bread and wine is transformed (i.e. transubstantiation), they consider the body and blood to exist alongside the bread and wine--"In, with, and under the forms of bread and wine." (This is often miscalled "consubstantiation").

[[Methodist]]: The [[United Methodist Church]] and most of the smaller Methodist bodies believe in the Real Presence but reject transubstantiation along with every other Protestant church. The UMC refers to Christ's presence in the Eucharist as a "Holy Mystery."

[[Methodist]]: The [[United Methodist Church]] and most of the smaller Methodist bodies believe in the Real Presence but reject transubstantiation along with most Protestant denominations. The UMC refers to Christ's presence in the Eucharist as a "Holy Mystery," and prefers not to explain the details of Christ's presence.

Reformed/[[Presbyterian]]: Reformed and Presbyterian churches generally believe in a "pneumatic" or spiritual presence of Jesus in the Eucharist; while no actual change takes place in the bread, there is still a Real Presence of Jesus which the people experience during the celebration of the Lord's Supper.

Reformed/[[Presbyterian]]: Reformed and Presbyterian churches generally believe in a "pneumatic" or spiritual presence of Jesus in the Eucharist; while no actual change takes place in the bread, there is still a Real Presence of Jesus which the people experience during the celebration of the Lord's Supper.  

[[Baptist]]/Evangelical/[[Pentecostal]]/[[Fundamentalist]]: While the theologies of these traditions  differ from each other, their views on the ordinance (Lord's Supper) itself are generally the same. It is simply a symbol and a memorial of the Last Supper by which worshipers remember Christ's body and blood given up on the Cross. It is not a re-presentation of the sacrifice of the Cross--which is believed to have been accomplished once--or a literal sharing in Christ's physical body or blood.

[[Baptist]]/Evangelical/[[Pentecostal]]/[[Fundamentalist]]: While the theologies of these traditions  differ from each other, their views on the ordinance (Lord's Supper) itself are generally the same. It is simply a symbol and a memorial of the Last Supper by which worshipers remember Christ's body and blood given up on the Cross. It is not a re-presentation of the sacrifice of the Cross--which is believed to have been accomplished once--or a literal sharing in Christ's physical body or blood.