Scholastic & Reform · AD 1501–1600
The 16th-Century Witness to the Real Presence
From AD 1501 to 1600, 1 voice of the Church — Council of Trent — testified that Christ is truly present in the Eucharist. These are their primary-source words, with dates and sources.
Council of Trent
1545–15631545 – 1563 · Ecumenical council that solemnly defined the doctrine of the Eucharist
“If any one denieth, that, in the sacrament of the most holy Eucharist, are contained truly, really, and substantially, the body and blood together with the soul and divinity of our Lord Jesus Christ, and consequently the whole Christ; but saith that He is only therein as in a sign, or in figure, or virtue; let him be anathema.”
Session XIII, Canon I · Read more →