&gt; my denomination considered it all symbolic,<p>Is yours a Reformed church? The anti-institutional fervor of the later (post-Luther) Protestants led to many such purely mundane interpretations of the host, which Luther vigorously denied [0].<p>&gt; I&#x27;m not sure how foundational that distinction was when
&gt; the schism occurred. Do you know by chance?<p>Though I do not know the relative impetus imparted to the Reformation by differences in belief about the nature of the hosts in the eucharist, it seems to have been a deeper divide within Protestantism than between P and the RC [1]. Charitably, Luther accorded the question of the metaphysical connection between bread and wine, body and blood as axiomatically resolved by accepting the Word of their identical existence as a matter of belief, independent of argumentative investigation (i.e., he &quot;unasked&quot; the question, or said &quot;mu&quot; [2]). Uncharitably, he dodged by declaring the answer uninteresting or irrelevant to Christian faith.<p>[0] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;The_Sacrament_of_the_Body_and_Blood_of_Christ%E2%80%94Against_the_Fanatics" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;The_Sacrament_of_the_Body_and_...</a><p>[1] <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;socrates58.blogspot.com&#x2F;2004&#x2F;06&#x2F;martin-luther-refutes-zwingli-other.html" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;socrates58.blogspot.com&#x2F;2004&#x2F;06&#x2F;martin-luther-refutes...</a><p>Specifically: &quot;Before I [Luther] would drink mere wine with the Enthusiasts, I would rather have pure blood with the Pope.&quot;<p>[2] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Mu_%28negative%29#.22Unasking.22_the_question" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Mu_%28negative%29#.22Unasking....</a>