What is the change of bread and wine into the Body and Blood of Christ called?

• A. Baptism
• B. Eucharist
• C. Transubstantiation
• D. Reconciliation

Answer: (C)

The change of bread and wine into the Body and Blood of Christ is called transubstantiation. In Catholic teaching, at the moment of consecration in the Eucharist, the substances of bread and wine become the actual Body and Blood of Christ, while the outward appearances—taste, look, texture—remain the same. This distinction between what something is made of (the substance) and how it appears on the outside explains why believers can still see and taste the bread and wine even though their essence has become Christ’s Body and Blood. The term captures that real, not symbolic, transformation that underpins the belief in the Real Presence during the Eucharist. The ceremony itself is the Eucharist, the sacrament in which believers participate in Christ’s saving action; the other terms refer to different sacraments or understandings—Baptism is about cleansing and new life, and Reconciliation concerns forgiveness of sins—while they do not describe the change of the elements.