:However, many who statistically and nominally belong to the majority of Christians, publicly representing themselves as members of those major denominations that officially teach the Real Presence of Christ in the Eucharist or Communion, do ''not'' believe in it. They are numerically a large minority. See for example the following article:
:*[httphttps://garydowneynineteensixty-four.blogspot.com/realcrisis2010/10/christian-belief-in-and-knowledge-of.html Gary Downey: The Real Crisis'''Christian belief in and knowledge of Transubstantiation''', Mark M. Gray, editor, CARA Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate, Georgetown University (nineteensixty-four.blogspot.com)]
:But the majority of Christians "take him at his word", ''literally''. The reasoning used by those who have been taught to believe that they actually receive in Communion the literal, Real Presence of Jesus Christ himself, is briefly exemplified in the Roman Catholic ''Baltimore Catechism #3'' [http://www.baltimore-catechism.com/lesson22.htm Lesson 22 - On the Holy Eucharist]