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Transubstantiation vs Virtualism - What's the difference?

transubstantiation | virtualism |

As nouns the difference between transubstantiation and virtualism

is that transubstantiation is conversion of one substance into another while virtualism is (christianity) the view, believed to have been held by calvin and other church reformers contrary to the catholic doctrine of transubstantiation, that the bread and wine (in christian holy communion) do not literally transform into flesh and blood but are the medium or mechanism through which the spiritual or immaterial essence of the flesh and blood of jesus christ are received.

transubstantiation

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • Conversion of one substance into another.
  • (Christianity, in Roman Catholic dogma) The doctrine holding that the bread and wine of the Eucharist are transformed into the body and blood of Jesus.

    • Related terms

    * transubstantial * transubstantiate

    virtualism

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • (Christianity) The view, believed to have been held by Calvin and other church reformers contrary to the Catholic doctrine of transubstantiation, that the bread and wine (in Christian Holy Communion) do not literally transform into flesh and blood but are the medium or mechanism through which the spiritual or immaterial essence of the flesh and blood of Jesus Christ are received.

    • References

    * virtualism defined at "The Free Dictionary"