Searching for a catechism

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I was browsing the web a couple days ago and came across a catechism in Question-and-Answer format. It doesn’t appear to have been the Catechism of Trent, nor of St. Pius X, nor the Baltimore Catechism, nor the contemporary Compendium of the Catechism.

The part I read, and which caught my attention, had to do with the Eucharist. When dealing with transubstantiation, it first addressed whether it was fitting that God should change bread and wine into His Body and Blood, and pointed out the miraculous examples of Moses changing the Nile to blood and of Jesus changing water into wine, and the natural example of us turning food into our bodies.

Anyone recognize this?
 
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Could you give us a link to this catechism?
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No, I can’t. Perhaps I didn’t make myself clear. I am searching for this catechism. I did not bookmark it, and can’t seem to locate it in my history.
 
Check the catechism of St. Thomas Aquinas. I think that’s the one your looking for.
 
It turns out it was the Baltimore Catechism, but third edition, rather than the second (which is the version I searched this morning).
Q. 877 How do we prove the Real Presence, that is, that Our Lord is really and truly present in the Holy Eucharist?

A. We prove the Real Presence – that is, that Our Lord is really and truly present in the Holy Eucharist:
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   1. By showing that it is possible to change one substance into another;
   2. By showing that Christ did change the substance of bread and wine into the substance of His body and blood;
   3. By showing that He gave this power also to His Apostles and to the priests of His Church.
Q. 878. How do we know that it is possible to change one substance into another?

A. We know that it is possible to change one substance into another, because:
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   1. God changed water into blood during the plagues of Egypt.
   2. Christ changed water into wine at the marriage of Cana.
   3. Our own food is daily changed into the substance of our flesh and blood; and what God does gradually, He can also do instantly by an act of His will.
 
hmm?? I use third edition. Have you ever heard of the book Understanding the Faith by Rev. John A.O’Brien by Ave Maria Press???
 
japhy said:
It turns out it was the Baltimore Catechism, but third edition,
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Much good in there, I’m glad you tracked it down japhy.

On a side note, I’ve never been very happy with Question 883 **:
**Q. 883. Is Jesus Christ present whole and entire in the smallest portion of the Holy Eucharist, under the form of either bread or wine?

A. Jesus Christ is present whole and entire in the smallest portion of the Holy Eucharist under the form of either bread or wine; for His body in the Eucharist is in a glorified state, and as it partakes of the character of a spiritual substance, it requires no definite size or shape.
Very unsatisfying in my opinion. Appealing to Christ’s glorified body as an explanation for the Eucharist seems to miss the mark. Especially when you consider the Eucharist of the Last Supper, before the Resurrection.

(Pace those who are tempted to further explain by using the phrase “outside of time”!)
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