Speaking properly: Neil Morgan on shaping experience
‘Quakers have been struggling with this for centuries.’
To a Catholic, the eucharist is a supernatural event. Transubstantiation places the host in a sacred – yet at the same time physical – space. Mistreatment of a consecrated host is one of the gravest forms of sacrilege. It means immediate excommunication.
You need to login to read subscriber-only content and/or comment on articles.