ABSTRACT
This chapter considers the substance of the Article XXVIII of the Church of England as it has stood unchanged since 1563. Article contains four paragraphs dealing with the following subjects: the description of the sacrament of the Lord’s Supper, the doctrine of transubstantiation, the nature of the presence, and the “mean whereby it is received”, and certain practices in connection with the Eucharist. In considering transubstantiation it will be well to treat separately—the history of the doctrine and the grounds on which it is condemned. According to one account, the miracle, in which the corporal was suddenly covered with red spots in the shape of a Host, actually happened to remove the priest’s doubts concerning Transubstantiation. The Elevation of the Host for purposes of adoration is said to have been introduced about the year 1100, and was a direct consequence of the growth of a belief in Transubstantiation.
