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Impanation (Latin:impanatio, "embodied in bread") is ahigh medieval theory of thereal presence of the body ofJesus Christ in the consecrated bread of theEucharist that does not imply a change in the substance of either the bread or the body.[1] Thisdoctrine, apparently patterned after Christ'sIncarnation (God is made flesh in the Person of Jesus Christ),[2] is the assertion that "God is made bread" in theEucharist. Christ's divine attributes are shared by the eucharistic bread via his body. This view is similar but not identical to the theory ofconsubstantiation associated withLollardy. It is considered aheresy by theRoman Catholic Church[3] and is also rejected by classicalLutheranism.[4]Rupert of Deutz (d. 1129) andJohn of Paris (d. 1306) were believed to have taught this doctrine.[3]
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