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By Randall Smith, The Catholic Thing, Jan. 23, 2024
Randall B. Smith is a Professor of Theology at the University of St. Thomas in Houston, Texas. His latest book is From Here to Eternity: Reflections on Death, Immortality, and the Resurrection of the Body.
A disturbing 2019 Pew survey found that only a third of Catholics believe that the Eucharist is truly the Body and Blood of Christ.
The results of such surveys, of course, depend on what questions were asked and to whom. So, for example, if people were asked, “Do you believe in transubstantiation?” some might have had the same reaction I did when I was challenged recently whether I believed in “impanation.”
What the heck is impanation? I looked it up. “Impanation,” as it turns out, is the claim that Christ is “in” the bread and wine, but it’s still bread and wine. (The “pan” part refers to “bread.”) So no, I do not accept “impanation.” It could have been something innocent, but it isn’t. And I wasn’t going to agree to it until I understood it. …
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