Nuance is one thing.
Evasion is something else.
Evasion is a very strong word; I think it is more a matter of perspective and perception. As I stated above. What you may be perceiving as evasion, is likely faithful acceptance of mystery.
I get it; Christ, after His resurrection was accepted by 10 of His disciples who just accepted the mystery of His return from the dead without question; St. Thomas, on the other hand was not able to accept the mystery of Christ's rising, but needed physical proof. Christ provided it for him, but then admonished him, and the rest of us; from St. John's Gospel, chapter 20: "29 Jesus saith unto him, Thomas, because thou hast seen me, thou hast believed: blessed [are] they that have not seen, and [yet] have believed."
The fact that Christ did not throw him out teaches us that there is a place for apologetic in the Church, but a place remains for faithful acceptance of divine mystery.
As stated above, I personally believe that the Catholic Church, with it's "scholastic" approach to theology; and despite it's striving to preserve the faith as on some issues taken things a bit too far; of which Transubstantiation is one of them.
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