Eucharist question-Psalm 16:10 Acts13:34-37

[Lev23]

Acts 13:34-37

The fact that God raised him from the dead, never to decay, is stated in these words:
" ‘I will give you the holy and sure blessings promised to David.’ So it is stated elsewhere:
" ‘You will not let your Holy One see decay.’ (Psalm 16:10)

"For when David had served God’s purpose in his own generation, he fell asleep; he was buried with his fathers and his body decayed. But the one whom God raised from the dead did not see decay.

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What does the church teaching on transubstantiation if some of the eucharistic bread left in the tabernacle begins to deteriorate, or “corrupt”? I looked on NewAdvent, but could find nothing, I might of missed it though.

Thanks in advance.

 

[VociMike]

When the elements cease to have the appearance of bread and wine, the Real Presence also ceases.

But more fundamentally, decay applies to the accidents, not the substance. Jesus does not decay, no matter what form he appears under.

BTW, when Christ walked the earth, his body was “decaying” every minute. Every minute, cells were dying and being flushed from his body.

 

[MarcoPolo]

Acts 13:34-37

The fact that God raised him from the dead, never to decay,

I think this is the key part…decay referring to the body after death, which of course meant that Christ would rise from the dead. The other poster is correct…as long as the elements/accidents of bread and wine remain as such by the determination of “reasonable men” (as Jimmy Akin once put it on CAL), then it remains the Real Presence. If the wine was thrown into a river and dissipated, or the bread disintegrated, the substances would no longer be wine and bread and therefore the Real Presence would be gone.

Someone asked Jimmy in a 2000 episode of CAL about how long it remains the Real Presence once the elements/accidents are consumed…and he went into the “reasonable men” description I mentioned, and that it would be fairly brief once our bodies metabolized the substance and absorbed it into our enzymes and digestive system.

 

[JimG]

The accidents or appearances of the bread or wine are subject to decay. The accidents remain after consecration, but they do not inhere in any substance. The body of Christ is not subject to decay.