consubstantiation

American  

[kon-suhb-stan-shee-ey-shuhn] / ˌkɒn səbˌstæn ʃiˈeɪ ʃən /

noun

Theology.

1. 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.

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consubstantiation British  

/ ˌkɒnsəbˌstænʃɪˈeɪʃən /

noun

1. 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. the mystical process by which this is believed to take place during consecration

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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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Example Sentences

It is the whole question of transubstantiation vs. consubstantiation all over again.

From Time Magazine Archive

This genuinely Lutheran doctrine it was that also David Henkel had been preaching, and which his opponents who charged him with Roman aberrations called transubstantiation, impanation, or consubstantiation.

From American Lutheranism Volume 1: Early History of American Lutheranism and The Tennessee Synod by Bente, F. (Friedrich)

Down to the present day the Lutheran doctrine of the real presence has been universally designated by its opponents as "consubstantiation."

From American Lutheranism Volume 2: The United Lutheran Church (General Synod, General Council, United Synod in the South) by Bente, F. (Friedrich)

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 Smith, Preserved

Some of these future ministers came also to the boarding-house, and Thyrsis listened to their shop-talk—about the difference between "transubstantiation" and "consubstantiation", and the status of the controversy over the St. John Gospel.

From Love's Pilgrimage by Sinclair, Upton