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Webster 1913 Edition


Consubstantiation

Conˊsub-stanˊti-a′tion

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Noun.
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.
☞ This view, held by Luther himself, was called consubstantiation by non Lutheran writers in contradistinction to transsubstantiation, the Catholic view.

Webster 1828 Edition


Consubstantiation

CONSUBSTANTIATION

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Noun.
The union of the body of our blessed Savior with the sacramental elements. The Lutherans maintain that after consecration of the elements, the body and blood of Christ are substantially present with the substance of the bread and wine, which is called consubstantiation or impanation.

Definition 2024


consubstantiation

consubstantiation

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Noun

consubstantiation (plural consubstantiations)

  1. An identity or union of substance.
  2. (Christianity) The actual, substantial presence of the body of Christ with the bread and wine of the sacrament of the Lord's Supper; impanation, as opposed to transubstantiation.

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