RT Journal Article SR Electronic(1) A1 van Sluis, J.YR 1993 T1 Adelman van Luik: De eerste opponent van Berengarius van Tours JF NTT Journal for Theology and the Study of Religion, VO 47 IS 2 SP 89 OP 106 DO https://doi.org/10.5117/NTT1993.47.001.SLUI PB Amsterdam University Press, SN 2590-3268, AB Abstract Adelman of Liège was the first who opposed Berengar of Tours in his views regarding the eucharist. He did so in a letter written at about 1051. Adelman defended a real transition of bread and wine into Christ’s body and blood by referring to the so-called corpus Christi-mystery and by expressing his doubts about the validity of sense perception. Berengar replied explaining the transition as a process of assumption into a higher dignity, and not as a total destruction of the original bread and wine. By stressing the symbolic character of the sacrament he introduced a semiotic interpretation., UL https://www.aup-online.com/content/journals/10.5117/NTT1993.47.001.SLUI