Transubstantiation vs. Consubstantiation

Transubstantiationnoun

Conversion of one substance into another.

Transubstantiationnoun

(Roman Catholic) The doctrine holding that the bread and wine of the Eucharist are transformed into the body and blood of Jesus.

Transubstantiationnoun

A change into another substance.

Transubstantiationnoun

The doctrine held by Roman Catholics, that the bread and wine in the Mass is converted into the body and blood of Christ; - distinguished from consubstantiation, and impanation.

Transubstantiationnoun

the Roman Catholic doctrine that the whole substance of the bread and the wine changes into the substance of the body and blood of Christ when consecrated in the Eucharist

Transubstantiationnoun

an act that changes the form or character or substance of something

Transubstantiation

Transubstantiation (Latin: transubstantiatio; Greek: μετουσίωσις metousiosis) is, according to the teaching of the Catholic Church, "the change of the whole substance of bread into the substance of the Body of Christ and of the whole substance of wine into the substance of his Blood. This change is brought about in the eucharistic prayer through the efficacy of the word of Christ and by the action of the Holy Spirit.

Consubstantiationnoun

An identity or union of substance.

Consubstantiationnoun

(Christianity) The actual, substantial presence of the body of Christ with the bread and wine of the sacrament of the Lord's Supper; impanation, as opposed to transubstantiation.

Consubstantiationnoun

An identity or union of substance.

Consubstantiationnoun

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.

Consubstantiationnoun

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

Consubstantiation

Consubstantiation is a Christian theological doctrine that (like transubstantiation) describes the real presence of Christ in the Eucharist. It holds that during the sacrament, the substance of the body and blood of Christ are present alongside the substance of the bread and wine, which remain present.