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Fourth Lateran Council

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Fourth Lateran Council (1215), Ecumenical council that first dogmatically used the term "transubstantiation". Wikipedia

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His body and blood are truly contained in the sacrament of the altar under the forms of bread and wine, the bread and wine having been changed in substance, by God’s power, into his body and blood. "

Why this quote matters

Doctrinal milestone introducing the term "transubstantiation."

Source citation: Decrees of the Ecumenical Councils, ed. N. Tanner (1990).