The Relation of Christ’s Presence to the Elements Seeking to expound upon our Lord’s words, “This is my body,” dogmaticians have urged four different views of the relation of Christ’s presence to the elements in the Lord’s Supper. The Roman Catholic View—Transubstantiation The Roman Catholic Church teaches that, in the “miracle” of the Mass, while the bread and wine continue to appear to the senses to be bread and wine, during the priest’s prayer of consecration the elements actually change in substance