Supernatural?

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Is the act of transubstantiation supernatural? I could only find the answer to that on Wikipedia and I take that site with a grain of salt.
 
Yes. There is a fine line between supernatural and preternatural. In a preternatural act, something is elevated above its nature, but not above created nature in general. Adam and Eve, for example, had the preternatural gift of immortality. The angels have immortality by nature, so it is not a gift which elevates a creature above the nature of all created beings. The Eucharist, however, becomes God Incarnate; it is therefore supernatural.
 
Hmm… didn’t you ask this same question in a thread last year (or much earlier this year)? :hmmm:
 
Ad_Orientem said:
Yes. There is a fine line between supernatural and preternatural. In a preternatural act, something is elevated above its nature, but not above created nature in general. Adam and Eve, for example, had the preternatural gift of immortality. The angels have immortality by nature, so it is not a gift which elevates a creature above the nature of all created beings. The Eucharist, however, becomes God Incarnate; it is therefore supernatural.
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I agree. The Sacrifice is also supernatural.
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Faith1960 said:
Yep. I wanted more (name removed by moderator)ut. Is there something wrong with that?
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Nope.

My recollection was that this question ended up being answered, then going around and around and around again. 🤷
 
Not everything God does is supernatural. Indeed, we believe that God is a natural part of maintaining the natural order. However, in transubstantiation, what we’d consider normal (relations between accidents and substance) is overruled, so I’d very much consider it supernatural in that sense, as something not possible in the normal natural order of things.
 
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