Definition of consubstantiation in English:
consubstantiation
noun ˌkɒnsəbstansɪˈeɪʃ(ə)nˌkɒnsəbstanʃɪˈeɪʃ(ə)nˌkɑnsəbˌstænʃiˈeɪʃ(ə)n
mass nounChristian Theology The doctrine, especially in Lutheran belief, that the substance of the bread and wine coexists with the body and blood of Christ in the Eucharist.
Compare with transubstantiation
Example sentencesExamples
- Transubstantiation versus consubstantiation is no longer an issue that we First Worlders consider worth the shedding of blood - a good thing for Jesus Christ's reputation and property values, too.
- In the case of Lutheranism, a doctrine of consubstantiation was as absurd as the mechanistic maneuvering of transubstantiation.
- Rhetorical analysis focuses on the role and nature of symbolic systems in enabling and constraining our means of identification and consubstantiation.
- Among much broader goals, they affirmed a form of consubstantiation - that the Eucharist remained physically bread and wine, while becoming spiritually the body and blood of Christ.
- It reminds me of an old religious controversy between transubstantiation and consubstantiation.
Origin
Late 16th century: from modern Latin consubstantiatio(n-), from con- 'together', on the pattern of transubstantiatio(n-) 'transubstantiation'.
Definition of consubstantiation in US English:
consubstantiation
nounˌkänsəbˌstanSHēˈāSH(ə)nˌkɑnsəbˌstænʃiˈeɪʃ(ə)n
Christian Theology The doctrine, especially in Lutheran belief, that the substance of the bread and wine coexists with the body and blood of Christ in the Eucharist.
Compare with transubstantiation
Example sentencesExamples
- In the case of Lutheranism, a doctrine of consubstantiation was as absurd as the mechanistic maneuvering of transubstantiation.
- Rhetorical analysis focuses on the role and nature of symbolic systems in enabling and constraining our means of identification and consubstantiation.
- It reminds me of an old religious controversy between transubstantiation and consubstantiation.
- Among much broader goals, they affirmed a form of consubstantiation - that the Eucharist remained physically bread and wine, while becoming spiritually the body and blood of Christ.
- Transubstantiation versus consubstantiation is no longer an issue that we First Worlders consider worth the shedding of blood - a good thing for Jesus Christ's reputation and property values, too.
Origin
Late 16th century: from modern Latin consubstantiatio(n-), from con- ‘together’, on the pattern of transubstantiatio(n-) ‘transubstantiation’.