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impanation

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Im´pa`na´tion
n.1.(Eccl.) Embodiment in bread; the supposed real presence and union of Christ's material body and blood with the substance of the elements of the eucharist without a change in their nature; - distinguished from transubstantiation, which supposes a miraculous change of the substance of the elements. It is akin to consubstantiation.
impanation
the theological doctrine that the body and blood of Christ are present in the bread and wine after they are consecrated.
See also: Christ, Theology


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The second definition comes from Thomas Aquinas's own theological and philosophical analysis, which argues, in Aristotelian terms, that other analyses (namely, impanation and consubstantiation) are mistaken, and that only his own analysis makes sense.
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