| | 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.
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