Feast of Corpus Christi

High school (ages 12+)
Holidays & Celebrations

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

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Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. What is the full ecclesiastical latin title?Dies Sanctissimi Corporis et Sanguinis Domini Iesu Christi
2. What is the proposed by?Thomas Aquinas, Doctor of the Church
3. Why do people have a procession with the Blessed Sacrament?The procession shows that the consecrated bread and wine are truly Jesus' Body and Blood. It lets everyone see and honor Him in a public way.
4. When was the Feast of Corpus Christi first made official?Pope Urban IV made it official in 1264, after a miracle where a host bled in 1263.

Eucharistic Miracle: An event where the consecrated host or wine is believed to have miraculously transformed or exhibited divine signs.
Sacramental Union: A Lutheran theological concept describing Christ's real presence in the Eucharist, distinct from transubstantiation.
Spiritual (Pneumatic) Presence: A Reformed theological view where Christ is spiritually present in the Eucharist, received by faith.
Transubstantiation: The Catholic doctrine that the substance of the bread and wine is changed into the Body and Blood of Christ.