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Since I got into the Orthodox Church, I have always heard that we don't believe in transubstantiation, we don't define it, that it's some Catholic non-sense, etc.
But it was a term to describe what happens in the Eucharist by the likes of Sts Mark of Ephesus and Gennadios Scholarios all the way to Sts Justin Popovic and John of Kronstadt. It’s used in documents like the Confession of Dositheus as well as modern day dogmatic theology manuals.
We have priests such as Fr Daniel Sysoev and Fr. Michael who say that even though the form of bread and wine are retained, in essence are the Body and Blood of Christ.
So it feels like it comes from an anti-western mentality that has affected some people such as trying to avoid using "original sin" just because it sounds Catholic even though it is quite used through Church History.
But it was a term to describe what happens in the Eucharist by the likes of Sts Mark of Ephesus and Gennadios Scholarios all the way to Sts Justin Popovic and John of Kronstadt. It’s used in documents like the Confession of Dositheus as well as modern day dogmatic theology manuals.
We have priests such as Fr Daniel Sysoev and Fr. Michael who say that even though the form of bread and wine are retained, in essence are the Body and Blood of Christ.
So it feels like it comes from an anti-western mentality that has affected some people such as trying to avoid using "original sin" just because it sounds Catholic even though it is quite used through Church History.