consubstantiation

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  1. noun The doctrine, proposed by Martin Luther, that the substance of the body and blood of Jesus coexists with the substance of the bread and wine in the Eucharist.

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  • What's more, whenever I find consubstantiation attributed to Luther, I stop reading or listening, even if the author only quotes yet another author who attributes consubstantiation to Luther. —  Latest entries from endlesslyrocking.blog-city.com
  • I've recently learned the differences between transubstantiation and consubstantiation, and then between the two of those approaches and the "rest" of the Protestants. —  Latest Articles
  • Do you have to believe in consubstantiation if you want to join a low Lutheran Church. —  Standing on My Head
  • This is known as consubstantiation, signifying that Christ's body and blood are present in, under, and through the elements of bread and wine.
  • And while Lutherans do not like the term consubstantiation because it is so closely associated with the Catholic doctrine of transubstantiation, Luther did insist on the real and substantial presence of Christ in the Lord's Supper.
 

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  1. = French consubstantiation = Spanish consustanciacion = Portuguese consubstanciação = Italian consustanziazione, from New Latin consubstantiatio(n-), from consubstantiare: see consubstantiate, v.
 

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/kɑnsəbstænʃɪˈeɪʃən/
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