Transubstantiation… Doctrine of the Catholic Church, scientifically verified?
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According to the teachings of the Catholic Church, Transubstantiation is the change of substance of bread and wine offered (consecrated) as a sacrifice in Mass, into the real body and blood of Jesus Christ. The Church teaches the way the substance of the Eucharistic offering changes into the body and blood of Christ is a mystery and incomprehensible to human intellect. But it appears even Catholic have trouble believing this nature.  However over centuries there have been numerous reports of consecrated hosts turning to physical flesh and blood.
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The Miracle of Lanciano
In 8th century Lanciano, a priest who was doubting  the claims of the church; that Jesus was truly present in the consecrated, when he said the words of consecration during mass(“this is my Body. This is my blood”) saw the bread and wine turn into real human flesh and blood.( Figure 1 unleavened bread used during mass and once consecrated known as the “Eucharistic Host” or body of Jesus).  The host with the flesh(figure 2) can be seen today in the church of Francesco in the Town of Lanciano Italy(where the miracle took                                                                                    place in the years of 700 A.D).  The blood (transformed from the

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wine) was coagulated into 5 globules of different sizes and shape(figure 3).

Five scientific investigations where done on the alleged relics, the most recent on being in 1971 by Professor Adoardo Linoli , Professor in Anatomy , Pathological Histology and in Chemistry and Microscopy accompanied by Professor Ruggero Bertile of the University of Siena.  

Listed below are few of the finding of the investigation:
1. The Flesh consisted of striated muscle of the heart, known as the Myocardium
2.  We also see the endocardium,  the vagus nerve and left ventricle of the heart present
3. Though over 1250 years old, the flesh was found to be free of agents used for preserving flesh
4. The Flesh and blood have the same blood type AB positive ( a rare blood group, found most  commonly in Palestine and regions of the Middle East, the origins of Jesus Christ). 
5. Weighting of blood globules resulted in a paradox. The five globules weighted either separately or in a combination or all together all weighted the same weight every time. e.g. 1 Globule =15.85
    grams, 2 Globules = 15.85 grams, 3 Globules = 15.85 grams, 4 Globules = 15.85 grams, 5 Globules
   (all together) = 15.85 grams.
6. In the blood there were found proteins in the same proportion that would be found in fresh
    human blood, despite being over 1000 years old. These proteins are normally gone within 20-30  
   minutes of a cut to the skin.
   The scientist concluded that it was impossible the sample to be constructed through fraud.

  To be continued on 23/12/2017
  Hope you found this intriguing, Universal Medicine team (Mathew George)

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