consubstantiation

Con`sub*stan`ti*a"tion, n. 1. An identity or union of substance. 2. (Theol.) Defn: 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.

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