The Burning Bush and Moses

[mdcpensive1]

Yesterday one of the Mass readings was about Moses and the burning bush. This got me thinking that the “burning bush” may be the first instance of transubstantiation in that the burning bush hides the reality of God. I am looking for confirmation that this idea may be correct or whether it is not a good example that can be used in speaking about the Eucharist.

 

[DIERM]

This got me thinking that the “burning bush” may be the first instance of transubstantiation in that the burning bush hides the reality of God.

The burning bush is an example of theophany. The Eucharist is not an example of theophany, because it is not a manifestation of the humanity of God in a symbol, but the manifestation that the bread and wine are God…nothing symbolic about it.

Rather than hiding the reality of God, the Eucharist presents the reality of God in an undeniable form.

“Take eat, for this IS my body…”

 

[CRM_Brother]

Generally, Roman Catholicism considers the theophanies of the Old Testament as worked by angels in their nature as messengers of God. The message is God’s but the physical thing representing that message is the Angel at work. There is no substantial change, only accidental change in the manifestation of the angel in the physical world. It is a transaccidental work, not transubstantial one.

 

[CatholicRules]

Athough it has happened twice where molecular changes did occur and were scientifically verified