consubstantiation
Americannoun
noun
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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
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the mystical process by which this is believed to take place during consecration
Etymology
Origin of consubstantiation
First recorded in 1590–1600; from New Latin consubstantiātiōn-, stem of consubstantiātiō, equivalent to con- “with, together” + substanti(a) “existence, corporeal existence” + -tiō abstract noun suffix denoting action; see origin at con-, substantiate, -ation ( def. )
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It is the whole question of transubstantiation vs. consubstantiation all over again.
From Time Magazine Archive
Again, as little as I believe the doctrine of transubstantiation, so little do I believe that of consubstantiation.
From American Lutheranism Volume 1: Early History of American Lutheranism and The Tennessee Synod by F. (Friedrich) Bente
If Gerhardt denied consubstantiation, baptismal regeneration, and the sacramental character of matrimony, the priests were sure to assert that he denied the sacraments and marriage.
From One Snowy Night Long ago at Oxford by M. (Madelaine) Irwin
Some of the later doctors of the church, Durand and Occam, opposed this theory, though they proposed a nearly allied one, called "consubstantiation," that the body and blood are present with the bread and wine.
From The Age of the Reformation by Preserved Smith
Also, in a more restricted sense, of those who separated from Luther on the doctrine of consubstantiation, etc., and carried the Reformation, as they claimed, to a higher point.
From The Gutenberg Webster's Unabridged Dictionary Section R by Project Gutenberg
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