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PART 8 FAVOR WITH GOD AND MAN What causes a believer to resemble the character of Jesus Christ?           I believe that this is really what we are talking about in this study. How does God come into my life and how do I grow in order to exhibit Christ-likeness? The main question that has been posed is, do the elements of bread and wine at communion turn into the literal body and blood of Christ? We looked at certain considerations that might help us in ascertaining this answer. I will ...

PART 6 FAVOR WITH GOD AND MAN 7                                                                    WHAT DID THE CHURCH FATHERS BELIEVE CONCERNING THE ELEMENTS OF COMMUNION?   In this chapter, we will look at the writings by the Church Fathers that relate to the elements of communion. This topic will be consolidated under the word transubstantiation, the doctrine of which was formulated at the Council of Trent (a council of the Roman Catholic Church that defi...