Consubstantiation

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Christian theological doctrine Eucharistic theology doctrine about the Real Presence

Consubstantiation is a Christian theological doctrine, often linked with some Protestant traditions, that holds Christ’s body and blood to be present alongside the unchanged bread and wine in the Eucharist.

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Surface form	Occurrences
Real Presence	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Christian theological doctrine ⓘ Eucharistic theology ⓘ doctrine about the Real Presence ⓘ
affirms	Real Presence of Christ in the Eucharist ⓘ continued physical reality of bread and wine ⓘ
aimsToPreserve	continuity of bread and wine as signs ⓘ literal words of institution ‘This is my body’ ⓘ
contrastsWith	Memorialism ⓘ Symbolic Eucharistic theology ⓘ Transubstantiation ⓘ
denies	annihilation of the substance of bread and wine ⓘ
differsFrom	Roman Catholic doctrine of Transubstantiation ⓘ view that the substance of bread and wine is changed ⓘ
etymology	from Latin ‘con-’ (with) and ‘substantia’ (substance) ⓘ
hasAlternativeDescription	doctrine that Christ’s body and blood coexist with bread and wine ⓘ
hasHistoricalContext	Reformation-era Eucharistic controversies ⓘ
hasKeyTerm	Eucharistic elements ⓘ presence ⓘ substance ⓘ
hasMainConcept	Christ’s body and blood are present with bread and wine in the Eucharist ⓘ
hasViewOn	metaphysical status of bread and wine ⓘ mode of Christ’s presence in the sacrament ⓘ
isCharacterizedAs	presence of Christ ‘with, in, and under’ the elements (in some descriptions) ⓘ
isCriticizedFor	implying a local, physical presence of Christ in the elements ⓘ philosophical difficulties about two substances in one place ⓘ
isDiscussedIn	ecumenical dialogues on the Eucharist ⓘ sacramental theology ⓘ systematic theology ⓘ
isDistinguishedFrom	Lutheran ‘sacramental union’ in confessional documents ⓘ
isEvaluatedBy	many theologians as an inadequate description of Lutheran teaching ⓘ
isOftenAssociatedWith	Lutheranism (in popular description) ⓘ some Protestant traditions ⓘ
isOftenRejectedBy	Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ surface form: Eastern Orthodox Church Roman Catholicism ⓘ surface form: Roman Catholic Church official Lutheran theology ⓘ
isReferencedIn	Eucharistic doctrinal summaries ⓘ theological encyclopedias ⓘ
isSometimesClassifiedAs	concomitance theory of presence ⓘ impanation-type theory ⓘ
isSubjectOf	debates between Catholic and Protestant theologians ⓘ philosophical discussions about substance and accidents ⓘ
languageOrigin	Latin ⓘ
relatesTo	Holy Eucharist ⓘ surface form: Eucharist Holy Eucharist ⓘ surface form: Holy Communion Last Supper ⓘ surface form: Lord’s Supper
teaches	Christ’s body and blood are present alongside the unchanged elements ⓘ Christ’s body and blood are truly present in the Lord’s Supper ⓘ bread and wine remain bread and wine after consecration ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Holy Eucharist → associatedDoctrine → Consubstantiation ⓘ

Last Supper → associatedDoctrine → Consubstantiation ⓘ

this entity surface form: Real Presence