Anyone have good arguments against Calvinism.

[Valletta]

All of us believe the words of Jesus but transubstantiation belief belongs only to the RCC.

Ignatius is not pitching transubstantiation. Start with Thomas Aquinas but Trent finalized it. As a counterreformation council that only applied to the RCC the impetus was to separate the RCC from everyone else. Mistakes were made.

Ignatius was not "pitching" anything. Many questions came up over the centuries, of course, because what happens is a great mystery. Definitions can be helpful, and many theologians gave opinions in regard to the meaning of the Word of God. The word "transubstantiation" was not used until long after Thomas Aquinas.

 

[Hentenza]

Ignatius was not "pitching" anything. Many questions came up over the centuries, of course, because what happens is a great mystery. Definitions can be helpful, and many theologians gave opinions in regard to the meaning of the Word of God. The word "transubstantiation" was not used until long after Thomas Aquinas.

Some of the early ECF’s spoke of components of this theology but it wasn’t until the 13th century that Aquinas advanced real presence and the fourth Lateran council affirmed it with Trent furthering and cementing the theology for the RCC. I agree with you that opinion grew through time.