What does the word Transubstantiation mean?

Transubstantiation is a Latin term which, means “change of substance” and specifically refers to the elements of Bread and Wine being changed into the Body and Blood of Christ at the time of the Anaphora within the Divine Liturgy. The Greek equivalent to this word is “Metousiosis.”

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