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consubstantiation

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con·sub·stan·ti·a·tion  (knsb-stnsh-shn)
n.
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.
consubstantiation [ˌkɒnsəbˌstænʃɪˈeɪʃən]
n Christian theol (in the belief of High-Church Anglicans)
1. (Christian Religious Writings / Theology) the doctrine that after the consecration of the Eucharist the substance of the body and blood of Christ coexists within the substance of the consecrated bread and wine
2. (Christian Religious Writings / Theology) the mystical process by which this is believed to take place during consecration Compare transubstantiation
consubstantiation
the doctrine that the substance of the body and blood of Christ coexist in and with the substance of the bread and wine of the Eucharist. Cf. receptionism, transubstantiation, virtualism.
See also: Theology
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Noun1.consubstantiation - 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
theological doctrine - the doctrine of a religious group
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consubstantiation
n (Eccl) → Konsubstantiation f
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Similarly, as opposition voices begin to make themselves heard throughout the country, there is the realisation that "the mystical consubstantiation with the Chief, in which Dominicans had lived for thirty-one years, was disappearing" (p.
Power, will and freedom: Mario Vargas Llosa's The Feast of the Goat by Foley, Andrew / Journal of Literary Studies
She challenges the doctrine of consubstantiation in its literal sense, exclaiming in "Oratorio for the Unbecoming" that she was taught to see the risen Lord as "a sack of meat," a crude reductive depiction indeed.
Sinners Welcome by Wilson, Joyce / Harvard Review
Roman trans- and Lutheran consubstantiation offer a choice between the notion that the bread's substance is wholly transformed and a doctrine of ubiquity wherein God's substantial presence does not exclude that of the bread.
George Herbert's sacramental puritanism (*) by Whalen, Robert / Renaissance Quarterly
 
 
 
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