{"id":64386,"date":"2025-10-15T15:14:54","date_gmt":"2025-10-15T15:14:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/?p=64386"},"modified":"2025-10-15T15:14:54","modified_gmt":"2025-10-15T15:14:54","slug":"study-traditional-liturgical-experiences-predict-stronger-belief-in-the-real-presence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/pt\/learn\/study-traditional-liturgical-experiences-predict-stronger-belief-in-the-real-presence\/","title":{"rendered":"Estudo: \u2018Experi\u00eancias lit\u00fargicas tradicionais preveem uma cren\u00e7a mais forte na Presen\u00e7a Real\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\n The Eucharist is displayed in a monstrance in St. Patrick\u2019s Cathedral in New York City before a Eucharistic procession on Oct. 15, 2024. \/ Credit: Jeffrey Bruno<\/span>\n<\/div>\n

Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Sep 22, 2025 \/ 06:00 am (CNA).<\/p>\n

A recent study found that traditional liturgical experiences, including receiving the Eucharist by tongue, indicate a stronger belief among Catholics in the Real Presence.<\/p>\n

Last year, Natalie A. Lindemann published a journal article<\/a> on Catholics\u2019 belief in the real presence of Jesus Christ\u2019s body and blood in the Eucharist. Lindemann, a professor in the department of psychology at William Paterson University, recently published a follow-up peer-reviewed article that uses a larger sample size and examines additional information.<\/p>\n

Belief in the real presence of Jesus Christ in the Eucharist is central to the Catholic faith, but only about 57% of U.S. Catholics believe with certainty the Eucharist is Jesus\u2019 body, according to\u00a0 Lindemann\u2019s report.<\/p>\n

The new study<\/a>, published in the Catholic Social Science Review, found receiving the Eucharist on the tongue, attending a parish that rings consecration bells, and attending a parish that offers the Traditional Latin Mass (TLM) have an effect on one\u2019s belief in the Real Presence. <\/p>\n

The research is from a survey of 860 U.S. Catholic English-speaking adults. The group closely reflects the ratio of men to women in the U.S. adult Catholic population. The ethnicity demographic was biased toward the overrepresentation of some ethnic groups, so a corrective weight was applied.<\/p>\n

Participants\u2019 Eucharistic beliefs varied with 31% reporting they are certain of the Real Presence, 23.6% being certain that the Eucharist is a symbol without Jesus being present, 10.5% said Jesus is probably present, 19.2% were not sure, and 15.8% said the Eucharist is probably a symbol. <\/p>\n

How \u2018bodily and related social liturgical practices\u2019 predict beliefs<\/h2>\n

The survey asked participants to answer questions on a scale of 1 to 5. One represented the belief that \u201cbread and wine are symbols of Jesus; I am certain that Jesus is not really present.\u201d Five indicated that person is \u201ccertain that Jesus is really present in the bread and wine of the Eucharist.\u201d Belief in the Real Presence on the five-point rating scale was found to have an average mean (M) of 3.10.<\/p>\n

Participants who have received the Eucharist on the tongue at some point (M=3.27) believe more in the Real Presence than those who have never received the Eucharist by tongue (M=2.79). People who often receive on the tongue, and often see others receive on the tongue, also reported a stronger belief in the Real Presence. <\/p>\n

Those who always receive on the tongue (M=3.69) showed a moderately higher belief in the Real Presence than those who always receive in the hand (M=3). The report noted that since most participants consistently receive the Eucharist via one method, treating the reception method as a scale variable is questionable.<\/p>\n

Catholics who said people should receive the Eucharist on the tongue had a significantly stronger belief in the Real Presence (M=4.32) than those who said one should receive in the hand (M=2.62). Those who reported they value personal choice regarding how one receives fell in between (M=3.37).<\/p>\n

The report noted that 33 participants mentioned that the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have an effect by prompting more reception in the hand. <\/p>\n

Factoring in the Traditional Latin Mass<\/h2>\n

\u201cThe TLM liturgy prescribes Eucharistic-reverent behavior \u2026 therefore, [Lindemann] expected that Catholics who attend the TLM would on average have stronger Real Presence beliefs.\u201d The study found this to be true as participants whose parishes offer a TLM (M=3.63), whether or not the participant has ever attended it, showed a slightly stronger belief in the Real Presence than those whose parishes do not offer one (M=3.04). <\/p>\n

The effect of the Latin Mass was slightly higher among those who both attend a parish that celebrates TLM and have attended it before (M=3.83), compared with Catholics with no exposure to a Latin Mass (M=3.07). <\/p>\n

There was also a trend toward stronger Real Presence belief among people who have a positive perception of TLM (M=3.74) than those with a negative perception (M=2.44). Those with neutral feelings toward TLM were found to have a mean of 3.60.<\/p>\n

\u201cSince consecration bells signal the importance of the consecration,\u201d Lindemann said she \u201cpredicted that participants whose parishes more often ring consecration bells would report a stronger belief in the Real Presence.\u201d This prediction was found to be true. Specifically, there was a substantially higher belief among Catholics who have always heard consecration bells at Mass (M=3.43) than those who have never heard them before (M=2.53). <\/p>\n

Other factors that tended to result in a higher belief in the presence of Jesus in the Eucharist included more frequent Mass attendance and politically conservative viewpoints. <\/p>\n

The participants were also asked about the location of the tabernacle at the altar, but the study found there was no relationship between where it is placed and Eucharistic belief. Sex, age, and ethnicity were also found to have no effect.<\/p>\n

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The Eucharist is displayed in a monstrance in St. Patrick\u2019s Cathedral in New York City before a Eucharistic procession on Oct. 15, 2024. \/ Credit: Jeffrey Bruno Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Sep 22, 2025 \/ 06:00 am (CNA). A recent study found that traditional liturgical experiences, including receiving the Eucharist by tongue, indicate a stronger belief [\u2026]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":66632,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false},"categories":[100],"tags":[],"series":[],"class_list":["post-64386","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-christian-news"],"mb":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Study-%E2%80%98Traditional-liturgical-experiences-predict-stronger-belief-in-the-Real-Presence.webp?fit=800%2C534&quality=75&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"mfb_rest_fields":["title","jetpack_publicize_connections","jetpack_featured_media_url","jetpack-related-posts","jetpack_sharing_enabled"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64386","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=64386"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64386\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/66632"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=64386"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=64386"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=64386"},{"taxonomy":"series","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/series?post=64386"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}