'Consubstantiation' definitions:
Definition of 'consubstantiation'
From: WordNet
noun
The doctrine of the High Anglican Church 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
Definition of 'Consubstantiation'
From: GCIDE
- Consubstantiation \Con`sub*stan`ti*a"tion\ (?; 106), n.
- 1. An identity or union of substance. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- Note: This view, held by Luther himself, was called consubstantiation by non Lutheran writers in contradistinction to transsubstantiation, the Catholic view. [1913 Webster]