Consubstantiation

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Consubstantiation \Con`sub*stan`ti*a"tion\ (?; 106), n.
     1. An identity or union of substance.
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     2. (Theol.) The actual, substantial presence of the body of
        Christ with the bread and wine of the sacrament of the


        Lord's Supper; impanation; -- opposed to
        transubstantiation.
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     Note: This view, held by Luther himself, was called
           consubstantiation by non Lutheran writers in
           contradistinction to transsubstantiation, the Catholic
           view.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  consubstantiation
       n : the doctrine of the High Anglican Church that after the
           consecration of the Eucharist the substance of the body
           and blood of Christ coexists with the substance of the
           consecrated bread and wine