Definitions for: Consubstantiation

[n] the High-Church Anglican doctrine 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

Webster (1913) Definition: Con`sub*stan`ti*a"tion (?; 106), n.
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.

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

See Also: theological doctrine

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