| Pronunciation: | `kânsub`stanshee'eyshun | ||
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| Definition: | [n] the High-Church Anglican doctrine 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 | ||
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| See Also: | theological doctrine | ||
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| Definition: | \Con`sub*stan`ti*a"tion\ (?; 106), n.
1. An identity or union of substance.
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.
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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