Question 78

Do then the bread and wine become the very body and blood of Christ?

Not at all:²²⁸²²⁸    Matt. 26:29. but as the water in baptism is not changed into the blood of Christ, neither is the washing away of sin itself, being only the sign and confirmation thereof appointed of God;²²⁹²²⁹    Eph. 5:26; Tit. 3:5. so the bread in the Lord's supper is not changed into the very body of Christ;²³⁰²³⁰    Mark 14:24; 1 Cor. 10:16, 17, 26–28. though agreeably to the nature and properties of sacraments,²³¹²³¹    Gen. 17:10, 11, 14, 19; Exod. 12:11, 13, 27, 43, 48; Exod. 13:9; 1 Pet. 3:21; 1 Cor. 10:1–4. it is called the body of Christ Jesus.