With the emergence of the current European Union the Christian values and ideals fostered by Alcuin, and maintained by eminent thinkers of his persuasion, have been rudely discarded by the architects of the current EU constitution and its ambitions for the success of this massive economic community spanning the continent, striving at its center to realize the cunningly contrived ultimate goal of a federated super state able to rival even the USA on the world stage.

Transubstantiation was especially offensive to 16th century Protestants because the Roman Catholic dogma stands opposed to what the Bible teaches. Protestants knew that, to uphold transubstantiation, they also would have to construct a view of clergy and dress them up as sacrificing priests in the exalted Old Testament sense, and to view that Christ is re-sacrificed in every mass.

The Kerygma

Kerygma simply refers to the proclamation of the essential Gospel message (from the Greek Keryssein -- to proclaim). The word appears in Matthew 24:14 "And this gospel of the kingdom shall be proclaimed (kerysso) throughout the whole world as a testimony to all nations...". The verb is also commonly used in the other synoptics. Paul uses the verb nineteen times and the noun nine times in his letters.