At Holy Communion the elements do not cease to be one thing simply because they become something else any more than we, as humans, cease to be sinners once we become part of Christ's Body in Baptism. They are changed. We cannot deny or ignore that fact. Christ said very plainly, "This is my Body" and "my Blood." The Bread and Wine at the Eucharist become Christ's Body and Blood. They take on a different character, just as we take on a different character in our Baptism. They are different, they are changed but they do not cease to be what they have always been.
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